Sr. Margaret “Peggy” Manners, OP, formerly known as Sister Thomas Annine, died on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 88 years of age and in the 69th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Peggy was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Vincent and Mary (Montgomery) Manners. She graduated from St. Gabriel High School in Detroit and obtained a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in History from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and a Master of Arts degree in American History from Catholic University in Washington, DC.
Sister spent 52 years ministering in education in Belding, Saint Joseph, Detroit, Dearborn, Adrian, Harper Woods and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This included five years as a teacher and seven years as principal at Dominican High School, an institution of the Congregation in Detroit, and nine years as a high school principal in Bloomfield Hills. She served three years as placement director/counselor at Siena Heights College (University), a Congregation-sponsored institution. She ministered for four years as an ESL (English as a Second Language) tutor and teacher in Boca Raton, Florida, and at the Congregation-sponsored DePorres P.L.A.C.E. Literacy Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. She also volunteered for more than a year as a pastoral worker in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Sister became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in 2022.
Sister was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her siblings, Paul Manners and Sharon Bretz, other loving family, and her Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Visitation will be held from 6:30-7:00 pm on Monday, April 14, 2025, in the Gathering Space of St. Catherine Chapel. The Vigil Prayer will be held at 7:00 pm Monday, April 14, 2025, in St. Catherine Chapel. A Funeral Mass will be offered in St. Catherine Chapel at 10:30 am Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Prayers of Committal will be held in the Congregation Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI, 49221.
Those who are not attending services in person are welcome to participate via livestream.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Anderson-Marry Funeral Home, Adrian.
Sister ministered in Michigan 58 years:
- St. Joseph, Belding (1957-59): Elementary Teacher
- St. Joseph, Saint Joseph (1959-61): Elementary Teacher
- Benedictine High School, Detroit (1961-71): High School Teacher
- Sacred Heart, Dearborn (1971-73): High School Teacher
- Siena Heights College (University), Adrian (1973-76): Placement Director/Counselor
- Dominican High School, Detroit (1976-81): High School Teacher
- Bishop Gallagher High School, Harper Woods (1981-83): High School Teacher
- Dominican High School, Detroit (1983-90): High School Principal
- Academy of Scared Heart, Bloomfield Hills (1990-99): Head of Upper School
- Academy of Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills (1999-2008): High School Teacher
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