Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Booms, Dorothy A.  August 18, 2025
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Published Adrian Dominican Sisters.
Dorothy A. Booms
November 7, 1934 - August 18, 2025
Sister Dorothy Booms, formerly known as Sister Rose Alphonsus Booms, died on 
Monday, August 18, 2025, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian.  She was 90 
years of age and in the 72nd year of her religious profession in the Adrian 
Dominican Congregation.  Sister Dorothy was born in Harbor Beach, Michigan, to 
Marcus and Mary (Klee) Booms.  She graduated from SS. Peter and Paul High School 
in Ruth, Michigan, and received a bachelor’s degree in French from Siena Heights 
College (University) in Adrian and a master’s degree in elementary education 
from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.   She ministered 31 years in 
education in Utica, Iron Mountain, Escanaba, and Norway, Michigan; Chicago, 
Rockford and Joliet, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Tallahassee and Melbourne, 
Florida; and Lemon Grove, California.  This included seven years as principal at 
Dickinson Area Catholic School in Iron Mountain.  She served five years at the 
Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan, as secretary for the Religious Education 
Department, and ministered for five years at St. Bernard Parish in Alpena, 
Michigan, where she was secretary and bookkeeper. 

She ministered for two years as secretary for the Consortium of Hope for Oakland 
Inner-City Catholic Education (CHOICE) in Oakland, California; during this time, 
she also served the Congregation as secretary for the Dominican West Chapter in 
California.  She also served the Congregation for six years as secretary for the 
Southeast Adrian Chapter (SEAC) in Farmington Hills, Michigan, two years in 
Transportation /Residence Services, and four years in the Archives Office.  
Sister became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2007.

Sister Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Ann Berryhill 
and Donald, William, and Helen Booms.  She is survived by four sisters: Grace 
England, Arlene Davenport, Rosemarie Booms, and Joan (Martin) Miller; four 
brothers: Raymond (Marjean), Dennis (Patricia), Lawrence (Judy), and Leroy 
(Susan) Booms; other loving family and her Adrian Dominican Sisters. 

Visitation will be held from 6:30-7:00 pm on Monday, August 25, 2025, in the 
Gathering Space of St. Catherine Chapel.   The Vigil Prayer will be held at 7:00 
pm Monday, August 25, 2025, in St. Catherine Chapel.  A Funeral Mass will be 
offered in St. Catherine Chapel at 10:30 am Tuesday, August 26, 2025.  Prayers 
of Committal will be held in the Congregation Cemetery.  Memorial gifts may be 
made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI, 
49221.  Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena 
Heights Drive, Adrian, MI, 49221. Funeral arrangements are being handled by 
Anderson-Marry Funeral Home, Adrian.  Published Adrian Dominican Sisters.


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