Date of Birth:
Monday, August 28, 1933
Date of Death:
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Age:
77 years old

Lorraine Manahan Ryan

The funeral Mass for Lorraine Manahan Ryan will be at 2:30pm Wednesday March 30, 2011 at Church of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Rochester with Rev. Msgr. Gerald Mahon officiating.  Burial will be at Maryhill Catholic Cemetery in Niles, Illinois at a later date.  Visitation will be from 4:00pm – 8:00pm Tuesday at Macken Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.

Lorraine Manahan Ryan, 77, of Rochester, Minnesota died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at her home after a year-long battle with cancer.

She was born August 28, 1933 in Chatfield, MN to Mathew and Adelene Manahan.  She graduated from Chatfield High School in 1951.  She entered the Sisters of Saint Francis in Rochester and taught at St. Juliana’s Parish in Chicago and in Silver Spring, Maryland. She attained her master’s degree at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. and returned to Rochester and became the Director of Religious Education at Resurrection Catholic Church.

Lorraine later became Director of Religious Education at Ascension Parish in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving the Franciscan Community she worked at the Chicago Board of Trade. She married James P. Ryan in 1978 and lived in Chicago until his death in 2003.  Following that she returned to Rochester and worked as a volunteer at the Mayo Clinic and at St. John the Evangelist Church. She was an avid supporter of the Art Institute of Chicago and enjoyed classical music, history, travel, the Chicago White Sox, reading, and hosting dinners for her family and friends. She especially enjoyed time with her great-granddaughters and many grand nieces and nephews.

Lorraine is survived by two daughters, Mary Ann Ryan of Chicago, and Kate (Perry) Hudson of Schererville, Indiana, three grandchildren, RoseRita Walsh (Jason) James, Francis Walsh, Samuel Walsh, and twin great-granddaughters, Josephine and Vivienne James.

Survivors also include her twin brother, Larry, of St. Charles, and two sisters, Mary Lou Kuisle and Lucille (Bob) Kuhl of Rochester.  She is preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.

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