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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM 1919-2025
Remembering an Icon
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM, passed away October 9, 2025, at 106, after more than eight decades of faith, service, and basketball, touching countless lives around the world.
Worship, Work, Win.
Sister Jean: By The Numbers
106
YEARS YOUNG
1961
Arrived on the Lake Shore Campus at Mundelein College
86
Years as a BVM Sister
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