Obituary

Sister Thoma Maynard, OP

Sister Thoma Maynard, a former teacher at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, died May 2 in Adrian, Mich. She was 97 years of age and in the 72nd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Born Maxine Maynard in San Francisco, she graduated from Adrian High School in Adrian, Mich., received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and science from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Science degree in plant physiology from the Institutum Divi Thomae in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sister Maynard spent 29 years as a high school teacher. In addition to her assignment at Bishop O’Dowd High School (1966 – 70), she taught at high schools in Chicago, Detroit, Miami Shores in Florida, and the Dominican Republic, and for one year at Barry College (University) in Miami Shores.

During the 1970s Sister Maynard did cancer research at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, at St. Thomas Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and at SDI Institute in Houston, Texas. She was a research associate for four years at Xavier University in Cincinnati, and a volunteer at hospitals in Santa Cruz, Calif., and Adrian, Mich.

The funeral Mass was held May 6 at St. Catherine Chapel of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. Burial was in the congregation cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Dr., Adrian, Mich., 49221.

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