Sister Susan Rink, BVM, (Michaela), 97, died Sunday, April 27, 2025, at Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1160 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa.
Visitation, the Sharing of Memories and Mass of Christian Burial were on Friday, May 2, 2025. Burial was in the Mount Carmel cemetery.
Sister Susan was born on Aug. 8, 1927, in Tulsa, Okla., to Raymond and Helen (McEvoy) Rink. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1948, from St. Patrick Parish, Dubuque, Iowa. She professed first vows on March 19, 1951, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1956.
Sister Susan was biology department chair and instructor at Clarke University, parish visitor at St. Patrick, and office staff at AARP, all in Dubuque, Iowa. She served as assistant dean and president of Mundelein College in Chicago and ministered as a youth and substance abuse counsellor also in Chicago. She was a secondary teacher at Holy Angels Academy in Milwaukee and Xavier HS in St. Louis.
“Saint Peter entreated, ‘Let your love for one another be intense. . . Be hospitable to one another without complaining. As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.’ (1 Peter 4:8-10). Sue put her gifts to good use in a life of service. She was a strong woman yet there was a gentleness about her. She could state her opinion, speak her mind, and then go with the flow and not fret about the outcome. Her twinkling eyes and warm smile welcomed everyone as a friend.” (Eulogy.)
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by cousins and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 76 years.
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