Obituary

 

Sister M. Paulus Eagan, IHM

Sister M. Paulus Eagan, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, March 9, 1921.

She was born on August 27, 1884 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and given the name Mary.  She was the daughter of Patrick and Mary Flynn Eagan.  She entered the IHM Congregation on July 2, 1914, received the religious habit on July 6, 1915, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1917.

Interment is at the Marywood College Cemetery, on the grounds of Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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.



"Sister M. Paulus Egan had been professed but a short time when she was summoned to receive the crown of life."

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. 488