(1933-2025)

Sister Mary Alice Naour, formerly known as Sister Francis Alice Naour, died on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 91 years of age and in the 73rd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Mary Alice was born in Detroit to Francois and Blanche (Cote) Naour. She graduated from St. Ambrose High School in Detroit and received a bachelor’s degree in applied music from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and a master’s degree in music education from Michigan State University in East Lansing. She also worked toward a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) certification at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois..

Sister ministered in elementary and secondary music education for 33 years in Detroit, Paw Paw, and Ypsilanti, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; and Henderson, Nevada. This includes one year at Rosary High School and 14 years at Dominican High School in Detroit, Michigan, both of which were schools of the Congregation.

Sister Mary Alice spent 27 years serving at the Adrian Dominican Motherhouse, where she served as Activities Assistant, Pastoral Minister, and Assistant in the Liturgical Ministries Department. She was also a CPE Intern at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, for one year and a Pastoral Care Minister at St. Luke Parish in Detroit for one year.

Sister May Alice was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Estelle Steiger-Santon, Denise Wieme, and Jaqueline Penet; four brothers, John, George, Paul, and Cpl. James Naour. She is survived by other loving family members and her Adrian Dominican Sisters.

Prayers of Committal were held on Friday, January 10, 2025. A Memorial Mass will be offered in St. Catherine Chapel at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 and a Ritual of Remembrance will be held in the Rose Room of the Dominican Life Center at 1:30 p.m. that same day. Those not attending services in person are welcome to participate via live stream at https://adriandominicans.org/Live-Stream

Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI, 49221. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Anderson-Marry Funeral Home, Adrian.

Sister's Memorial Card (PDF)

LEFT: Mary Alice Naour, left, with her cousins Jeanette and Suzette Naour and her sister Denise Naour. MIDDLE LEFT: Third grade, 1942. MIDDLE RIGHT: Graduate of St. Ambrose High School, Detroit, June 1951. 

LEFT: Sister Mary Alice with her parents, Frank and Alice Naour, during a home visit, circa 1960. RIGHT: From left, Denise Wieme and Sister Mary Alice Naour, blood sisters, and Sister Mary Louise Gass.

LEFT: Sharing a meal together are, from left, Sisters Mary Alice Naour, Mary Louise Gass, Kathleen McGrail, and Joann Plumpe. RIGHT: Enjoying a meal together at Ratisbon House, May 2000, are, from left, Sisters Zenaida Nacpil, Vivian Baluyut, Marcine Klemm, Mary Alice Naour, Patricia Harvat, and Durstyne Farnan.

LEFT: Members of the 2011 Christmas Diamond Crowd are: back row, from left, Sisters Nancy Fischer, Barbara Ann Hehr, Patricia J. Walsh, Mary Louise Head, Joan Weitz, Helen Belsito, Anne Beauvais, and Celeste Mary Bourke; middle row, from left, Sisters Mary Alice Naour, Helen Laier, Thomas Leo Monahan, Patricia Dolan, Angela Susalla, June Racicot, Patricia Spangler, and Attracta Kelly (Prioress); and front row, from left, Sisters Marilyn Foster, Marion Coppe, Betty Lou Myers, Robert Irene Buchanan, Mary Alan Stuart, Mary Catherine Nolan, and Jane Robert Stuckel. RIGHT: From left, Sisters Mary Alice Naour and Nadine Foley.

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