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Sister Catherine Dorsey, O.P.

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Sister Catherine Dorsey, O.P., who taught at Our Lady of Refuge School in the Bronx from 1954 to 1957, died Jan. 21 at St. Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wis. She was 82.

During a long career in education, Sister Kate, as she was known, also taught at schools in Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. In Billings, Mont., she served as a guidance counselor at Eastern Montana College, now Montana State University, 1986-1987, and as director of the Kateri Indian Ministry Center, 1987-2000.

Born in Omaha, Neb., she professed first vows as a Sinsinawa Dominican in 1950 and made her final profession in 1953.

A Funeral Mass was offered Jan. 27 at Queen of the Rosary Chapel in Sinsinawa, Wis. Burial was at the motherhouse cemetery.

Sister Catherine Dorsey, O.P.