Sister Ignatius Galvan, 85, died Saturday, October 11, 2008, in the Dominican Sisters convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas. Born March 1, 1923, in Mulvane Kansas, as Rosenda Galvan, Sister Ignatius was the daughter of the late Severiano and Donaciana Loera Galvan. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community January 1, 1947, and pronounced her first vows June 10, 1949. She celebrated fifty years of religious profession in 1999. Sister Ignatius began her ministry in nursing in 1949. She served as a night duty nurse in the emergency room, and as ward secretary. Later in San Antonio, Texas, she served in Las Hermanas Health Service. Her ministry also included several months as a missionary nurse in Nigeria, West Africa. Her health was not good after 1980 and she retired at the motherhouse in Great Bend. Sister Ignatius is survived by four brothers and four sisters: Lino Galvan, New Orleans Louisiana; Cather Galvan, El Paso, Texas; Gayle Galvan, Woodbridge, Virginia; Lawrence Galvan, Derby, Kansas; Felisa Galvan, Wichita Kansas; Magdalena Matochik, Jr., Fort Edward, New York; Panfila Galvan, Wichita, Kansas; and Mary Ellen Lakomski, Vance, South Carolina. Sister Ignatiuss body will be brought to the hospitality area of the Dominican Chapel of the Plains, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, Monday, October 13, 2008, at 4:00 p.m., where it will lie in state until the Liturgy of Christian Burial at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 15, 2008. A wake service will be held Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Sisters Resurrection Cemetery. Both the wake and the funeral will be held at the convent. Memorials in honor of Sister Ignatius may be sent to: Dominican Sisters Ministry Fund, Office of Mission and Ministry, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, Kansas 67530-3692. Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Friends may call at the convent Tuesday, October 14 from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the wake service, and Wednesday, October 15, from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the funeral service.