Sister Marion (Mary Ann) Brett died on September 30, 2026 at Seton Residence in Evansville, Indiana. Sister Marion was born on September 3, 1942 in Berwyn, Illinois and is one of six children of William T. and Marion (Holub) Brett. She graduated from Our Lady of Victories High School in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1959 and entered the Daughters of Charity in St. Louis, Missouri in 1960.
Sister Marion received a BA degree in Sociology and Education from Marillac College in St. Louis and an MA degree in Special Education from George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as certification in Education for the Socially Maladjusted and Emotionally Disturbed. Sister was sent to serve as a primary teacher at Marillac Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and at St. Stephen Grade School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She also was a teacher at Our Lady of Victory School and an Area Coordinator for Catholic Social Services in Beeville, Texas. Sister Marion then returned to New Orleans to serve as Director of St. John the Baptist Community Center and other voluntary services until she came to Seton Residence in Evansville to serve in the Ministry of Prayer.
A Wake Service was held on October 6 in the Seton Residence Chapel, and the Mass of Christian Burial took place the same day in the Seton Chapel. Burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery, Evansville.
Sister Marion was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers William and George, and she is survived by her brother Tom Brett and her sisters Cathy Rogers and Ellen Lursen, other loving family members, her Sisters in Community, and many friends.