Former Asheville Catholic School teacher passes away, aged 91
ADRIAN, Mich. — Dominican Sister Theresa Nightingale, formerly known as Sister Lawrence Christine, died April 24, 2022, at the ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian. She was 91 and in the 74th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Theresa ministered as an elementary teacher for more than four decades, serving in Michigan, Florida and North Carolina, where she taught at Asheville Catholic School from 1993 to 1994.
The Mass of Christian Burial was offered in the congregation’s St. Catherine Chapel on April 28, 2022, and interment followed in the congregation’s cemetery.
She was born in West Terre Haute, Ind., to Lawrence and Christina (Schmidt) Nightingale. She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Adrian and earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from
Siena Heights College (now University) in Adrian.
In addition to her service at Asheville Catholic School, Sister Theresa ministered for 41 years in elementary education in Albion, Owosso, Detroit and Harper Woods, Mich.; and Vero Beach, Tallahassee, Orlando, Port Charlotte and West Palm Beach, Fla. She served three years as a housekeeper at St. John Seminary in Plymouth, Mich. She moved to the Dominican Life Center in 2010.
She was preceded in death by her parents and five brothers: Joseph, William, Gerald, Virgil and Richard. She is survived by two sisters, Marjorie Nowak of Shelby Township and Florence Dietlin of Washington, both in Michigan, other loving family and her fellow Adrian Dominican sisters.
Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Dr., Adrian, MI, 49221.
Anderson-Marry Funeral Home in Adrian was in charge of the arrangements.
— Catholic News Herald