Sister M. Huberta Cullen, IHM
Sister M. Huberta Cullen, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Monday, September 24, 1917 at the Mount St. Mary Motherhouse, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
She was born on January 12, 1879 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and given the name Mary Cullian*. She was the daughter of Hugh Cullian and the late Mary McGonnell Cullian. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1903, received the religious habit on July 2, 1903, and made profession of her vows on August 15, 1905.
Sister Huberta served in child care for resident children at St. John's Home in Cresson, PA.
The funeral will be on Wednesday, September 26 at the Mount St. Mary Chapel in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Interment will follow at the Marywood College Cemetery, on the grounds of Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Friends may call on Tuesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to support the retired IHM Sisters c/o the IHM Sisters Retirement Fund, IHM Center, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509.
"To the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, with whom Bishop Garvey had been associated for nearly forty years in the work of the schools, was entrusted the care of the orphans. The Sisters gladly accepted the trust and on January 4, 1909, the Sisters appointed left Mount Saint Mary's to take up the work. They were Sister M. Irene, Superior; Sister M. Ann, Sister M. Antoinette, Sister M. Huberta, and Sister M. Teresina.
When the Sisters arrived at Cresson, they were met by the Right Reverend Bishop, the Reverend Fathers Garvin, Farren, and Munley, and welcomed to their new home. They found a perfectly appointed house which the good ladies of the Summit had put in readiness for them."
Excerpted from The Sisters of the I.H.M.: The Story of The Founding of The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work In The Scranton Diocese by Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, IHM, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, NY, 1921, p. 317
*The last name on Sister's baptismal certificate was spelled as Cullian, however our records show it spelled as Cullen.
