Sr. Joyce Banks, OP, formerly Sr. Mary Cherubim Banks, died Feb. 1 at Dominican Life Center, Adrian. She was 85 and in her 67th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Banks was born in Chicago to John and Agnes (Joyce) Banks. She earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and The Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Sr. Banks spent 36 years ministering as music educator in Michigan, Virginia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Illinois and the Dominican Republic. In Michigan, she taught at St. Patrick, Escanaba (1950-54), and St. Lawrence High School, Utica (1964-66).

Sr. Banks is survived by a sister, Jean Griffin of Germantown, Tenn.

Mass of Christian Burial was offered in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian on Feb. 3. Burial will be in the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Cemetery.