Sr. Patricia Caulfield, OP, formerly known as Sr. Barbara Thomas Caulfield, died Oct. 11 in West Palm Beach, Fla. She was 73 and in the 57th year of religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Born in Hoboken, N.J., to Thomas and Barbara (Franze) Caulfield, she graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Adrian, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in home and family life from Barry College (University) in Miami, Fla, and a Master of Arts degree in school administration from the University of San Francisco in California.

Sr. Caulfield spent 55 years ministering in education at St. Paul on the Lake in Grosse Pointe Farms and at Queen of the Miraculous Medal in Jackson, and at schools in South Carolina and Florida.

She is survived by two brothers: Thomas of Rutledge, Ga. and Patrick of Ocean Gate, N.J.; and five sisters, Nancy Martin of Pompano Beach, Fla., Beatrice Mangold of Green Acres, Fla., Theresa Massagee of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Charlotte Massagee of Belmont, N.C., and Sr. Mary Ann Caulfield, OP.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 19 in Holy Rosary Chapel, Adrian. Burial was in the congregation’s cemetery, Adrian.

Memorials to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian 49221.