Sister Carolyn Turner, IHM

Sister Carolyn Turner, IHM, (formerly Sister M. Irenaeus) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died Tuesday, July 17, 1984, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on August 26, 1895, in Erie, PA, and given the name Carolyn (Carrie). She was the daughter of the late Frederick and Ann Louise Wylie Turner. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1920, received the religious habit on August 2, 1920, and made profession of her vows on August 15, 1922.

Sister Carolyn served as a teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Archbald, PA; and St. Leo Elementary School in Ashley, PA.

Sister served as a domestic at the following convents: St. Mary’s Convent in Avoca, PA, and the St. Joseph’s Hospital Convent in Carbondale, PA. She was also stationed at convents located in Cresson and Pittsburgh, PA, and Portland, OR.

From 1969 until the time of her death, Sister Carolyn was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Turner, Catherine (Cassie) Moore, Ethel (Vera) Turner, and Hilda May Turner, and a brother, William.

She is survived by nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Thursday, July 19, at 10:00 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Wednesday afternoon or evening at the Marian Convent.