Sister Dolores Becker, BVM, 83, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1160 Carmel Dr., Dubuque, Iowa, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.

Visitation will be from 9-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at Mount Carmel Bluffs. Sharing of Memories will be at 9:30 a.m., followed immediately by the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Dolores was an elementary teacher in Chicago; Seattle; Tigard, Ore.; and Portland, Ore. She served as director of religious education in Butte, Mont.; San José, Calif.; and Lodi, Calif. She ministered as a pastoral associate in Norridge, Ill.; Hampton, Va.; and Fresno, Calif. She codirected a Christian life center in Manchester, N.H., supervised a home for people with AIDS in West Hempstead, N.Y., and served as a licensed practical nurse in West Babylon, N.Y., and Amityville, N.Y.

She was born Aug. 30, 1939, in San Francisco to George and Dolores (Banker) Becker. She entered the BVM congregation Aug. 2, 1957, from Most Holy Redeemer Parish, San Francisco. She professed first vows on Feb. 3, 1960, and final vows on July 16, 1965. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Bill Becker, and a brother-in-law Gordon Porter.

She is survived by a sister Nancy Porter, San Francisco; two nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 65 years.

Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003 or online at https://www.bvmsisters.org/support_donate.cfm.

Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Crematory is in care of the arrangements.