Sister Ronan Degnan, 95, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN, died at Assisi Heights, Monday, May 9, 2022. Rosemary Ann Degnan was born November 9, 1926, in Lewiston, MN, to Bernard and Ellen (Ronan) Degnan. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1945, received the name of Sister Mary Ronan, and made perpetual vows in 1950. She earned a B.S. degree in Math in 1954 from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, MN. She further completed an M.A. degree in Secondary Education in 1960 from Catholic University, Washington DC, and continued Post Masters work at the University of Connecticut from 1969-1970. In 1947, Sister Ronan began her extensive teaching ministry mainly in Secondary Education at parochial schools in Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, Columbus, OH; and Albert Lea, Austin, Owatonna, Sleepy Eye, Winona, MN. She then transitioned into college education, becoming an instructor at the College of St. Teresa in Winona, MN in 1970 and then teaching Math