Sr. Mary Ann Grausam, SLW, of the Sisters of the Living Word died Dec. 5, 2018, in Chicago.

Born in New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1940, Sister Mary Ann made her final vows in 1967. She joined the Sisters of the Living Word in 1975. She taught in schools in Iowa and Michigan, and served as a Pastoral Minister in Michigan, Mississippi, and Illinois. She was the Novice Director for the SLW for 14 years.

In the Archdiocese of Detroit, she taught at St. John the Evangelist from 1968-71 and was a Pastoral Minister at the same parish from 1971-1979.

Her funeral Mass was Dec. 8, 2019, at St. Martha in Morton Grove, Illinois.

Sister Mary Ann is survived by her sisters Patricia (Steve) Burdick and Nanette (Robert) Helgeson; her brothers Robert (Nancy) Grausam, Michael (Kathleen) Grausam, Tom (late Theresa) Grausam, John (Evie) Grausam and James (Sandra) Grausam and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.