Sister Lorena Bolte OP, 58, died Wednesday, July 4, 2007, in a car accident near Syracuse KS. Born January 27, 1949, in Nelson Nebraska, as Marie Bolte, Sister Lorena was the daughter of Bernice Kathman Bolte and the late Lawrence Bolte. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community August 26, 1965, and pronounced her first vows June 13, 1968. She celebrated 25 years of religious profession in 1993. Sister Lorena was an instructor at Luckey High School in Manhattan KS from 1972 - 1974. She ministered in Nigeria, West Africa, in several capacities from 1975 - 1995. She was a teacher, formation director for the indigenous congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena of Gusau, Nigeria (a foundation of the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend), and later its major superior. She served in Goodland KS as a pastoral minister for Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish from 1998 - 2002. Following her ministry in Goodland, she was Assistant Prioress of the Great Bend Dominicans for four years and at the time of her death was Prioress (major superior) of the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend. Sister Lorenas body will be brought to the Dominican Sisters motherhouse, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, at 4:00 p.m. Friday, July 6, 2007, where it will lie in state until the Liturgy of Christian Burial at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2007, with Most Rev. Ronald M. Gilmore, Bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City, presiding. A wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 8, 2007. Burial will be in the Sisters Resurrection Cemetery. Both the wake and the funeral will be held at the convent. Sister Lorena is survived by her mother, Bernice; two brothers, William (Bill) of Central City NE and James of Lawrence NE; and three sisters, Elizabeth (Betty) Daake of Riverdale NE, Alice Buser of Kearney NE, and Lora Messbarger of Kearney NE. Memorials in honor of Sister Lorena may be sent to: Dominican Sisters Ministry Fund, Office of Mission and Ministry, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530-3692. Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.