Dominican Sister Ruth Michael O’Toole died April 11 at Sansbury Care Center at the St. Catharine Motherhouse near Springfield, Ky. She was 72 and had been a Dominican of St. Catharine for 52 years.

A native of Boston, Mass., Sister O’Toole served as a dietitian in Tennessee and Massachusetts and at Sansbury Infirmary at St. Catharine, Ky. She also worked in food services in Massachusetts and Nebraska and did community service and domestic work in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Washington and at the St. Catharine Motherhouse and Rosary Hospital in Kentucky.

Survivors include a brother, John Michael O’Toole of Arlington, Mass., and a sister, Louise Dorothy Logan of Humarick, Mass. The Mass of Christian Burial was held April 16 at Sansbury Chapel.