Sister Ramona Barwick, BVM, (Simone), 91, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1160 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022.

Visitation will be from 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel. 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 Ramona ministered at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa, as food service coordinator, bookstore director, and post office manager. She taught elementary school at St. Patrick in Cedar Falls, Iowa, along with elementary schools in Davenport, Iowa, and Chicago.

She was born on Jan. 30, 1931, in Milwaukee to Frank and Lillian Ossowski Barwick. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1949, from St. Mary of Czestochona Parish, Milwaukee. She professed first vows on March 19, 1952, and final vows on July 16, 1957.

She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by cousins and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 73 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.

Leonard Funeral Home and Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, Dubuque, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.