Sr. Jean Joseph Hughes, formerly Patricia Hughes, died Jan. 15 at Kindred Chicago Lakeshore Hospital in Chicago. She was 76 and in the 58th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Hughes was born in Chicago to Patrick Breen and Jean (Richards) Breen. She attended Aquinas High School in Chicago, Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and Aquinas Theology Institute in Dubuque, Iowa.

Sr. Hughes spent 22 years ministering in education in Michigan, Illinois and the Dominican Republic, including St. Paul in Grosse Pointe Farms from 1958-60.

Sr. Hughes is survived by nieces Julie Russo and Amy Russell of Illinois.

Mass of Christian Burial was Jan. 20 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian; burial is in the Congregation cemetery.