Sister Mary Hornick, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 93, died on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse. She was in the seventy-third year of her religious profession.

Sister Mary was born to John and Veronica (Jokovac) Hornick on Sept. 15, 1919, in Dallas, Iowa. She entered St. Rose Convent on July 31, 1936, and made profession of vows on Aug. 12, 1940. Sister Mary served as an elementary teacher for twenty-nine years in schools California, Iowa, Montana, Washington and Wisconsin. For the next year she taught in a religious education program in Holdrege, Maine. From 1984 to 1987 Sister Mary was employed in social services in Elmhurst, Ill. Before retiring to St. Rose Convent in 1989, she resided in Wallace, Neb., where she assisted the ill. Sister Mary retired to the Villa in 2004.

Sister Mary is survived by her Franciscan community; her sister, Elizabeth Hornick, Coronado, Calif. and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, John, Steve and Victor; and five sisters, Eva, Viola, Lucy, Vera and Josephine.

A burial service will be at 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Villa St. Joseph Chapel. Burial will be at the natural burial grounds for the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual at Villa St. Joseph immediately following the service. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at Mary of the Angels Chapel. Fr. Richard Tulko, OFM, will be the main celebrant.

Memorials may be sent to Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 912 Market Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601-8800.