Sister Donna Schauf, BVM, (Blanche), 87, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1160 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

Visitation will be from 9-9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 16, 2025, 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 Donna was a pastoral care minister at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. She ministered as an elementary teacher in Chicago; Kansas City, Mo.; Boone, Iowa; and Fort Dodge, Iowa, where she also served as principal. She was a preschool director and home tutor in David, Ky., and a HeadStart teacher and family support aide in Steele, Mo. She also served as pastoral associate and director of parish senior citizen ministry in Wichita, Kans.

She was born on July 25, 1937, in Wichita, Kans., to Walter and Ethel Rose (Somerhauser) Schauf. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1955, from St. Joseph, Wichita, Kans. She professed first vows on Feb. 3, 1958, and final vows on July 16, 1963.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Gerald Schauf, brother-in-law Robert Robben, and sister-in-law Jill Schauf. She is survived by a sister Sherry Robben, Wichita, Kans.; a brother Thomas Schauf, Pahoa, Hawaii; nieces, nephews and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 69 years.

Behr’s Funeral Home, 1491 Main St, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 is in charge of arrangements.