Sr. Mary Ann Konieski, formerly known as Sr. Marie Cordia Konieski, died April 26 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 81 and in the 62nd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Konieski was born in Detroit to Herman and Anna (Hebel) Konieski. She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Adrian and received a Bachelor of Home Economics degree from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and a Master of Education degree from Michigan State University in East Lansing.

Sr. Konieski spent 21 years ministering in education in Port Huron, Brighton and Detroit, and in Chicago and Rockford, Ill. She was a pastoral minister for 16 years at Visitation Parish and St. Agnes Parish in Detroit; for four years at St. Ladislaus Parish in Hamtramck, and for 11 years in Celina and Newport, Tenn. She became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2012.

Sr. Konieski is survived by two sisters, Audrey Negro and Delphine Wronski of Saint Clair Shores, and by many loving nieces and nephews.

Burial was in the Congregation cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI 49221.