Sister M. Anne Francis O'Connor, IHM
Sister M. Anne Francis O'Connor, IHM, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Sunday, September 9, 1990 at the Marian Convent in Scranton, Pennsylvania, after an illness.
She was born on April 18, 1904 in Binghamton, New York, and given the name Grace A. She was the daughter of the late Francis J. and Anna Cummiskey O'Connor. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1926, received the religious habit on December 29, 1926, and made profession of her vows on January 2, 1929.
Sister Anne Francis served as a teacher at St. Joseph School in Williamsport, PA; professor of classical languages at Marywood College in Scranton, PA; catechetical instructor at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Scranton, PA; and postmistress of the Marywood College Post Office.
From 1984 until the time of her death, Sister Anne Francis served in prayer ministry at the Marian Convent.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin from Marywood College, and a Master of Arts degree in Latin/Greek from Catholic University.
She is preceded in death by a brother, John M., and two sisters, Gertrude and Sister M. Matthew, IHM.
She is survived by a sister, Mary O'Connor of Binghamton, New York.
The funeral will be Thursday, September 13 with Mass of Christian Burial in the Marian Convent chapel at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pennsylvania. Friends may call at the Marian Convent on Wednesday afternoon or evening.
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.
Archival Remembrance:
With the exception of a few years' teaching at St. Joseph School in Williamsport, Sister Anne Francis was a professor of classical languages at Marywood College for a span of fifty years. In addition to teaching at Marywood College, she taught CCD classes at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Scranton, for approximately forty years. The statue of St. Joseph in St. Vincent's Church was given by the children of the parish as a memorial to Sister Anne Francis. In the early 1980s she retired from teaching to take charge of the Marywood College Post Office.
