11/18/2025
Obituary ✝️🙏🏽♥️
Sister Elizabeth “Liz” (Mary Denysa) Dunn, OP
Sister Elizabeth “Liz” Dunn, OP, died Nov. 14, 2025, at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Wis. Her Funeral Mass with Remembering will take place 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Stair Crest Senior Living Community, Muskego, Wis. There will be an interment prayer service Monday, Nov. 24, at 1:30 p.m. in St. Clara Chapel, Sinsinawa Wis., prior to her burial in St. Clara Cemetery. Casey-McNett Funeral Home and Cremation Services is handling arrangements.
She was born Jan. 24, 1944, to John and Mary (Sholts) Dunn in Madison, Wis. She professed vows with the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa in 1964 and received the religious name Sister Mary Denysa. She earned her BS in elementary education from Edgewood College, Madison; an MA in reading from Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, Wis.; and a PhD in administration and supervision Fordham University, New York, N.Y.
Sister Liz’s ministry was dedicated to teaching and educational administration. She taught at Annunciation School, Minneapolis, Minn.; St. Luke School, River Forest, Ill.; St. Joseph School, Baraboo, Wis.; and St. James School, Ventnor, N.J. She served as teacher and principal at Corpus Christi School, New York; and Lock Haven Catholic School, Penn. She was principal at St. Andrew, Cape Coral, Fla.; St. Michael Academy, Fernandina Beach, Fla.; and SS. Andrew-Thomas School, Potosi, Wis. Sister Liz also was executive director of Hope Rural School, Indiantown, Fla. She ministered in leadership for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation as a general councilor, provincial councilor, and associate prioress at Stair Crest. She was a champion of Catholic education and believed that a Christian atmosphere of learning builds a strong heart, mind, and faith life of students.
Sister Liz was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Dunn. She is survived by five brothers, William (her twin), Dan, John, Tom, and Edward Dunn; two sisters, Janet Herfel and Kathleen Kuil; many nieces and nephews; and her Dominican Sisters. Memorials may be made to the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, 585 County Road Z, Sinsinawa, Wis., or given online at www.sinsinawa.org/donate.
