| Sister Joan Bailey
DAVENPORT -- Sister Joan Bailey, CHM, a resident of the Humility of Mary
Center, Davenport, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at Genesis Medical
Center-West Campus. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Family
Catholic Church. The Mass will be combined with the Funeral Liturgy for Sister Leonie Fanning, CHM, who died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at Bishop Drumm Care Center,
Johnston, Iowa. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Davenport.
Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Friday at the Humility of Mary Center,
Davenport, with a Christian wake service at 7:00 p.m. An additional
visitation will be 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church.
Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Sally Catherine Bailey was born Aug. 8, 1925, in Washington, Iowa, the
daughter of Leonard and Martina (Swift) Bailey. Sister entered the
Congregation of the Humility of Mary Sept. 8, 1945, and made her final
profession on July 28, 1951. Sister Bailey graduated from St. Paul the
Apostle Elementary School, Immaculate Conception Academy and Marycrest
College. Sister taught at St. Anthony, Christ the King, and St. Joseph
Elementary School, Des Moines; St. Joseph, Fort Madison; St. Joseph,
Dunlap; St. Mary, Centerville; All Saints, Stuart; and St. Pius, Rock
Island. She was the principal and teacher at St. Joseph School, Neola,
and served as the Activity Director at Bishop Drumm Care Center,
Johnston. Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Humility.
Survivors include her sisters, Mary Panther, Davenport, and Helen (Mrs. Clyde)
Lewis, Richmond, Ky.; a brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Mary
Bailey, Davenport; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in
death by her parents; a sister, Genevieve Malec; and brothers, Patrick
and John Bailey.
(Quad-City Times, Wednesday, December 6, 2000) Note:
When Sister was young, her cousins and friends all called her Sally. |
