Sr Mary Dorothy Calhoun RSM passed away on Wednesday November 23 2022. Joan Marie Calhoun was born on December 31 1933; predeceased by parents John Worthing Calhoun (1943) and Dorothy Louise Tremoulet Calhoun Brundige (1992), sister Dorothy Calhoun Jackman (1982), brother John Worthing Calhoun Jr (2015), stepfather William Hart Brundige (1955). Survived by brother William Hart Brundige Jr; nieces and nephews John Daniel Jackman Jr MD, Michael Calhoun Jackman, Joan Jackman Becker, Worthing Francis Jackman, John Worthing Calhoun III, Catherine Clann Calhoun, Susan Calhoun Waggoner, William Hart Brundige III, and John Dudley Brundige.

 Joan graduated from Holy Name of Jesus School & Mercy Academy, and entered the convent in 1952, at the Mother of Mercy Novitiate, St Louis Province; graduate of St John’s Hospital School of Nursing in St Louis, 1958; B.S Nursing, St Louis University, 1960; Masters in Hospital Administration, St Louis University, 1968; Certification in Clinical Pastoral Education, Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, 1990. Sr Dorothy’s / Aunt Sis’s life of dedication (nursing, administration, ministry) included supervisor of obstetrics, delivery, nursery, OR, ER, and director of nursing services at Mercy facilities in New Orleans, Brownsville TX, St Louis MO and St Paul MN (1958-1967); Administrator (CEO/CFO) Mercy Hospital New Orleans (1968-1973); Administrator (CEO/CFO) St John’s Hospital Springfield MO (1973-1977); Administrator (CEO/CFO) Mercy Health Center Laredo TX (1977-1980); Director of Pastoral Services for Sisters of Mercy & Mercy Hospital New Orleans (1981-1992) and St Joseph’s Mercy Health Center Hot Springs AR (1992-1995); Pastoral Care Chaplain Hot Springs (1995-2014); Volunteer at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith AR (2014-2020). Sr Dorothy’s past two years were spent in prayer and works of mercy, in loving care with the retired Sisters of Mercy, St Louis. 

Funeral services on Wednesday Nov 30 2022 in the chapel of Catherine’s Residence, 2039 N Geyer Rd, St Louis MO, 10:00 AM; interment in Calvary Cemetery, St Louis. Donations in memory of Sr Mary Dorothy Calhoun RSM are appreciated, to Catherine’s Residence Ministry Fund, Sisters of Mercy – The Americas, 2039 N Geyer Rd, St Louis MO 63131, attention Sr. Richard Mary Burke RSM.