Sr. Patrice Marie Selby, IHM, age 99, died Easter Sunday, April 5, surrounded by her family.
One of ten children, sister was born Rose Grace Selby on Dec. 24, 1926, to Patrick and Anastasia (Flowers) Selby in Crooksville OH.
The family moved to Akron, where Rose attended St. Rose Elementary School and graduated from St. Vincent High School. She followed her sister, Genevieve, into membership in the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe, MI. Rose entered in 1948 and received the religious name, Sr. Patrice Marie.
Sr. Patrice earned a bachelor’s degree from Marygrove College in Detroit, and a master’s degree in education from De Paul University, Chicago.
Her lifetime of ministry was expansive, and many lives were touched by her gifts and presence. Early assignments in education included St. Patrick, Newport; St. Matthew, Flint; St. Mary of Redford, Detroit; St. Felicitas, Chicago; and Immaculate Conception, Akron. She was the principal at St. Mary in Mount Morris and at Our Lady, Gate of Heaven in Chicago.
Sr. Patrice served in congregational governance as treasurer for the South and West Provinces from 1975 to 1982. A period of transition followed as she discerned and returned to studies to prepare for ministry as a counselor and chaplain. She ministered to those challenged by drug and alcohol disorders at Wake County Alcohol Treatment Center and Charter Northridge Hospital, both in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1986, she co-founded a treatment recovery program at Hanley-Hazelden Center in Florida. Her ministry as a counselor and chaplain endured for over 20 years.
After retirement from formal ministry, she moved to the Monroe Motherhouse in 2006. Sr. Patrice joined in community education and events and ministered with wisdom and humor among sisters, residents, and staff as a companion, driver and in pastoral care outreach.
Sr. Patrice is survived by her sister, Marie Ann, nieces and nephews, and her IHM Sisters in community. She was preceded by siblings Sr. Paulita, IHM, Catherine, Margaret, Paul, Joseph, Federick, Edward and Thomas.
Services will be held at the IHM Motherhouse Chapel, 610 W. Elm Avenue, Monroe, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Streaming begins at 10 a.m. with a Remembering and Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will take place at a later date. Arrangements in care of Rupp Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the IHM Retirement Fund, 610 W. Elm Avenue, Monroe, MI 48162-7909.
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