Sr. Viviana Custo, OP, formerly Rosa Custo, died April 17 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 77 and in the 52nd year of her religious profession. In 1965, Sr. Custo made profession as a Dominican Sister of Malta, and served in ministry for 18 years, and then transferred to the Adrian Dominican Sisters in 1983.

Sr. Custo was born in Gharb Gozo, Malta, to Joseph and Anna (Mercieca) Custo. She earned degrees from Florida Atlantic University and St. Michael College in Winooski, Vt.

Sr. Custo taught for 22 years in Australia, Florida and Michigan. In Michigan, she taught at the Dominican Learning Center in Adrian (1981-83); Sacred Heart, Hudson (1984-86); and Aquinas High School, Southgate (1986-91). She later ministered as a hospital chaplain in Ohio and Indiana.

Sr. Custo is survived by four sisters — Elizabeth Portelli and Nancy Teuma, both of Fontana Gozo, Malta; Mary Gauci of Sannat Gozo, Malta; and Sr. Emiliana Custo of NR Basing Stoke, United Kingdom; and a brother, Emanuel Custo of Gharb Gozo, Malta.

A funeral Mass was April 19 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian; rite of committal was to be in the congregation cemetery.