VALE Ann Margaret Dooley, OAM (Cunningham ‘45) 1932 -2023

Loreto Kirribilli mourned the death earlier this year of Ann Margaret Dooley, OAM (Cunningham ‘45). Ann was Head Girl of Loreto Kirribilli in 1945, and her name can still be seen on the Honour Roll board when walking up to the Library. Ann returned to the school as a Home Science teacher in the 1980s. Students fondly remember her as she taught the basics of cooking – such as how to separate the white and the yolk of an egg.

Ann was awarded an OAM in the Australia Day honours in 2005 for service to the community of Mosman through ex-service, historical, education and church organisations, and to support rural communities in areas affected by drought.

Ann’s daughter Margaret Albertini (’80) and granddaughter Anna Dooley (’11) both attended Loreto Kirribilli, and her sister Pauline Tomasetti (deceased), completed her schooling at Loreto Normanhurst.