Sister Patricia Ann Clark, SVM, (formerly Sister Mary Thomas) 90, died on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at Sisters of the Presentation (Mount Loretto), 2360 Carter Road, Dubuque, Iowa.

On Monday, October 19, 2026, friends may call from 9:30 – 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Chapel, Sisters of the Presentation, where there will be a wake service at 9:30 a.m. and funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West.

Sister Patricia, daughter of Carl and Bertha (Mayer), was born Patricia Ann Clark on February 6, 1936, in Dubuque, Iowa.  She entered the Sisters of the Visitation from Dubuque, Iowa, on August 15, 1954, and professed her perpetual vows on June 10, 1961.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Clarke College (now Clarke University) and a Master of Arts from Loras College. Sister Trish served as a teacher at Visitation Academy and Nativity Parish, both in Dubuque, Iowa; as principal and liturgist at Nativity; as choir director and rector at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; as administrative assistant to the bishop in Peoria, Illinois; as a liturgist for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa; and as president of the Visitation Community. Sister Trish had a special gift for music and enjoyed reading, word puzzles and travel.  She valued prayer and community service.

Surviving are nieces, nephews, and Sister Paula Maloy, the last remaining member of the Sisters of the Visitation Community, who have ministered in Dubuque since 1871.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Mary Gehant, and the Sisters of the Visitation with whom she shared her life for 72 years.

The Siegert Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Sisters of the Presentation, 2360 Carter Road, Dubuque, IA 52001 or online at: www.dbqpbvms.org.