Sr. Nancy Fischer, formerly known as Sr. James Claret Fischer, died March 25. She was 82 and in the 63rd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Fischer was born in Chicago to Jacob and Emma (Danforth) Fischer. She received degrees from Siena Heights (College) University in Adrian and DePaul University in Chicago.

Sr. Fischer taught at St. Gabriel School, Detroit, in 1951, but spent the majority of her 50-year ministry in schools in Illinois and Ohio.

A funeral Mass was March 30 in Adrian; burial will be in the Congregation cemetery.