Sr. Mary Annette Glendening, formerly known as Mary Faith Glendening, died Jan. 26, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian.She was 89 and in her 71st year of religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

She was born in Lake Orion to Joseph and Sybil (Zbanek) Glendening. She graduated from St. Theresa High School in Detroit and received a Bachelor of Music degree in applied music from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and a Master of Music degree in music education from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Sr. Glendening spent 64 years ministering in education in Michigan, Georgia and Florida. In the Archdiocese of Detroit she taught at St. Brigid in Detroit from 1967 until 1970.

She became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2006.

She is survived by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Sr. Mary Faith Glendening, OP.

Her funeral Mass was Jan. 31 in the St. Catherine Chapel at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. Memorials to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, 49221.