Sister Clarice spent many years in service to others as a teacher and social worker. She began her ministry in 1944 at Holy Name, Racine, WI. Other places in Wisconsin where she served were Holy Cross, Kaukauna; Holy Angels and St. Benedict, Milwaukee; St. Rita, St. Patrick, St. Edward and Sacred Heart, Racine; SS. Peter and Paul, Green Bay; and St. Mary, Kansasville. After 30 years of teaching she worked at Lincoln Lutheran Home, Racine, as a social worker. She also served in Illinois, Michigan and New Mexico. She continued to do community service at Siena Center, Racine, after retiring from Lincoln Lutheran. At the beginning of this month she became a resident at Lakeshore Manor, Racine.
Sister Clarice is survived by the Racine Dominican Sisters and Associates; her brothers, William (Irene) and Nick (Donna); sister, Sue (Richard) Lerwick; nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; and her brothers, James, Thomas, Robert and Jack; sisters, Dorothy Vaughn, Jane Braun, Lorraine Sikorsky, Mary Margaret Lynaugh and Leone Mickey.
A Remembering Service will be in the Siena Center Chapel on Tuesday June 21, at 2:30 p.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 4 p.m. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery Hwy 32. Memorials to the Racine Dominican Mission Fund have been suggested.
The Racine Dominicans would like to extend their thanks to the staff that cared for Sister Clarice at Lakeshore Manor.
MARESH-MEREDITH & ACKLAM FUNERAL HOME
803 Main St., Racine (262) 634-7888
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