Sister M. Lothaire Saunders, IHM
Sister M. Lothaire Saunders, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Friday, December 11, 1964.
She was born on December 15, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, and given the name Ruth Jane. She was the daughter of late Joseph Edward and Jane Margaret Farrell Saunders. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1946, received the religious habit on May 8, 1947, and made profession of her vows on May 9, 1949.
Sister Lothaire served as a teacher at the following schools: Holy Rosary School in Scranton, PA, from 1949 to 1952; Nativity of Our Lord School in Scranton, PA, from 1952 to 1953; Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Elementary School in Forest Hills, NY, from 1953 to 1954; St. Joseph School in Williamsport, PA, from 1954 to 1956; St. Paul School in Edgewood, RI, from 1955 to 1956; St. Patrick School in Scranton, PA, from 1956 to 1958; South Scranton Catholic High School in Scranton, PA, from 1958 to 1960.
From 1960 until the time of her death, she served as a prayer minister at the Marian Convent in Scranton.
Interment will follow the Mass of Christian Burial 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.
Below is an archival reflection about our Sister M. Lothaire Saunders:
Sister M. Lothaire's religious life was shadowed by suffering. She was an excellent teacher, devoted to her student and their needs. The Sisters who taught with her are mindful of her kindness, generosity, and charity in the many problems which teaching presents. Illness, often prevented her from exercising the charity which her generous spirit prompted; but she was always willing to offer herself. Years of physical suffering had made her familiar with pain; but the last stages of her fatal disease drew from her the last full measure of suffering. She recognized God's summons to eternal life, and she humbly and generously resigned herself to all that God asked of her. May she rest in peace.
