Sister M. Victoria Kearney, IHM
Sister M. Victoria Kearney, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on June 15, 1959, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
She was born on February 26, 1886 in Parsons, Pennsylvania, and given the name Anne Elizabeth. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Ann E. Mahon Kearney. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1913, received the religious habit on August 2, 1913, and made profession of her vows on July 6, 1915.
Interment is at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, 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.
Archival Remembrance:
Sister M. Victoria is the sole survivor of a large family which gave five of its children to serve God in religion. Two of her sisters, Sister M. Margaret and Sister M. Alacoque, were outstanding teachers in our Congregation; another sister, when she was sixty-five years old, entered the Visitandne Order in Wilmington, DE; her brother was Reverend Richard Kearney, T.O.R., of Altoona. Sister M. Victoria's pupils remember her as a kind, patient teacher. The last year's of her life were spent in longing memory of her loved ones already in God's good care, as she awaited her reunion with all who had preceded her in death. May her soul rest in peace.
