Sister Mary Kent Pearson, OP, died Feb. 19, 2024, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her wake and funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, 708 County Road Z, Hazel Green. Interment will follow the Mass at St. Clara Cemetery, Sinsinawa, Wis. Miller Funeral Home, East Dubuque, Ill., is handling arrangements.

Sister Mary Kent was born April 22, 1934, to Kenneth and Dorothy (Davis) Pearson in Pontiac, Ill. She professed vows with the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa in 1954.

Sister Mary Kent’s ministry was dedicated to teaching, administration, religious education and pastoral ministry. In Iowa, Sister Mary Kent served as assistant administrator at St. Dominic Villa, Dubuque; as associate pastor, pastoral minister, and coordinator of religious education at St. John the Baptist Parish, Peosta; and as pastoral minister at Holy Family Parish, Peosta. In Wisconsin, she was principal at St. John Vianney School, Janesville; St. Dennis School, Madison; and St. Jerome School, Columbus. She taught at Sacred Heart School, Reedsburg, and served at the motherhouse, Sinsinawa, as director of property and as director of housekeeping. In Illinois, Sister Mary Kent taught at St. Philip the Apostle School, Northfield; St. Thomas the Apostle School, Chicago; St. Sabina School, Chicago; and Visitation School, Kewanee. Elsewhere, she taught at St. Dominic School, Denver, and at St. Albert the Great School, Minneapolis.

Sister Mary Kent was preceded in death by her parents and brothers David, Ronald, and Duane. She is survived by her Dominican Sisters. Memorials may be made to the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, 585 County Road Z, Sinsinawa, Wis., or online at www.sinsinawa.org/donate.