Sr. Teresa María de Jesús

Sr. Teresa María de Jesús (Dolores Escolar Muñoz) entered into eternal life on August 11, 2026, at the age of 90. She was born December 10, 1935, in Gomezserracin (Segovia), Spain to the late Maria Muñoz and Ezequiel Escolar. They had seven children. Sr. Teresa's four sisters (Emiliana, Graciana, Paula, Julia) also were religious in different Congregations. Her brothers married and raised a family.

She is survived by her brother Javier Escolar Muñoz and five of her seven nieces and nephews, plus great nieces and nephews.

She had a close relationship with her family. They recently came to the U.S. to visit her.

Sr. Teresa entered the Little Sisters of the Poor and professed her religious vows on June 8, 1955. She was a missionary and for over 70 years serving the elderly poor in homes throughout the United States as a Dietary Manager and Hospitality in direct care of the Residents. She was a founding Little Sister in our mission Home in Gallup New Mexico and is well known for the influence she had on the novices during her time of managing the kitchen in St. Ann's Novitiate in Queens Village NY. She will be remembered for her famous delicious cream puffs which were in such demand at the Richmond's French Food Festival that she doubled the quantity she made from 1000 to 2000 large cream puffs. She has been in the Newark, Delaware Home since February 2019.

Services will be at the Little Sisters of the Poor, 185 Salem Church Rd, Newark, DE 19713

A visitation will be held Monday August 24, 2026 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. which will include 4:30 p.m. Rosary followed by Evening Prayer.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 11:00 a.m.

Please see below for the livestream of the Mass. 

Burial will be held at Cathedral Cemetery on Tuesday August 25, 2026 immediately after Mass.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 185 Salem Church Road, Newark, DE 19713.