Sister Noreen Butler, O.P., 82, a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died Dec. 11.

Born in New York to Irish immigrants, she met the Dominican Sisters at St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point. She entered the con- gregation on Sept. 8, 1950.

Formerly known as Sister Denis Patrick, her early ministry was as an elementary school teacher in the parish schools of St. Barbara, Bushwick, and Holy Family, Park Slope. She had a deep love for music, especially Church and classical music. She held a bachelor’s degree in music with a specialty in liturgical music from Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, Purchase, N.Y., and a master’s degree in music from Queens College.

Beginning in 1970 she was able to put her talent on the violin and her broader musical studies into service in several schools both on the elementary and the high school level. In the early 1970s, Sister Noreen taught music at several schools, including St. Luke, Whitestone; St. Elizabeth, South Ozone Park; Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village; Christ the King, Springfield Gardens; and Dominican Commercial H.S., Jamaica.

From 1975 to 2002, Sister Noreen ministered in St. Luke’s parish as the parish liturgist. She was responsible for all the music as well as a consultant on liturgical issues. She started a men’s choir, a children’s choir and an adult choir.

In 2002, she moved to the Motherhouse in Amityville where she again offered her talents as a liturgist and cantor.

Survivors include her brothers Liam and Murice, and her sister, Sister Mary Butler, O.P.

Interment was in the Sisters’ cemetery in Amityville.