A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Ann Gutzwiller was celebrated April 10 in the congregation’s motherhouse chapel. Sister Mary Ann, 80, died April 3. She was a Sister of Charity for 57 years.

A Cincinnati native, Sister Mary Ann spent more than 40 years ministering as an elementary school teacher and religious education coordinator. She began teaching at Holy Family School in Price Hill in 1954. In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, she also served at the former St. Matthew School in Norwood; the former St. Saviour School in Rossmoyne; St. Joseph School in Springfield; the former Corpus Christi School in Dayton; Annunciation School in Clifton; and St. Vincent de Paul School in Cincinnati. Sister Mary Ann retired in 2001, after working at Joseph House, a home for homeless veterans.

Sister Mary Ann is survived by a sister, Sister of Charity Judith Gutzwiller, and a brother, Jerry. Interment was in the Sisters of Charity cemetery.