Agnes (Nunes) Houlihan, 82, passed away December 16, 2022 in Santa Rosa, California. A Graveside Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 2, 2023 at St. Wilfred's Catholic Cemetery in Woonsocket, South Dakota.

She was born in San Rafael, California on August 14, 1940, to Manuel E. and Mary (née DeSouza) Nunes. Her first home was on the Nunes Home Dairy in Novato, which was owned by her grandfather, Manuel A. Nunes, and operated by his sons. Agnes attended St. Vincent's School in Petaluma and Grant Avenue School in Novato before moving with her family in 1950 to a ranch purchased by her father on the eastern outskirts of Santa Rosa. Agnes graduated from Ursuline High School in 1958 and attended College of the Holy Names in Oakland, before entering the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, in Southern California.

In 1963 she left the convent, returning to Santa Rosa, where she was employed for several years by Mikesell Dental Laboratory and later as a teacher's aide in Sonoma County elementary schools. In 1981 she met Edward J. Houlihan. On May 1, 1982, Agnes and Ed married and made their home together in Huron, SD, where Ed was employed. They were married for nearly 39 years when Ed died on March 21, 2021, at which time Agnes relocated to Santa Rosa, near her siblings and their extended families.

She is preceded in death by her husband Edward J. Houlihan and she is survived by her five siblings, Mary Ann Silveira, Regina Aggio, Manuel Nunes Jr, Catherine Summerhays, and Joseph Nunes and their extended families.

On Thursday, December 29, a Viewing will be held at 10:00 am, a Rosary at 10:30 am, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00 am at Saint Eugene's Cathedral in Santa Rosa, CA.

In lieu of flowers, please have Masses said for Agnes's departed soul.