Sister Charlotte Marie Roche, IHM

Sister Charlotte Marie Roche, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Monday, April 2, 1956, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on November 8, 1898 in Old Forge, PA and given the name Helen C. She was the daughter of the late James T. and Charlotte Fallon Roche. She entered the IHM Congregation on October 2, 1926, received the religious habit on December 29, 1926, and made profession of her vows on January 2, 1929.

Sister Charlotte Marie served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Mary of the Mount High School in Pittsburgh, PA: St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA; and Altoona Catholic High School in Altoona, PA.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, John William, Joseph Arthur and Richard.

She is survived by five brothers, Ambrose of Scranton, PA, James P. of Kingston, PA, Captain Harold Xavier of Falls Church, VA, William F. of Dunmore, PA, and Raymond Joseph of Lynhurst, NJ; three sisters, Teresa Jordan of Old Forge, PA, Margaret Murdock of Buffalo, NY, and Jennie Brown of Scranton, PA; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will Wednesday, April 4, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton, with interment to follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Tuesday at St. Peter’s Cathedral Convent, Scranton.

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Archival Remembrance:

On Easter Monday morning, Sister Charlotte Marie gave her soul back to God. Throughout her long months of suffering she edified all by her complete submission to God’s holy will, and by her patience in suffering. The cheerful spirit she always manifested in her days of health was even more evident in the hard days of illness. The Altoona Catholic High School held her in great respect and esteem. Delegations from the faculty and the student body journeyed to Scranton to attend her funeral Mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral. May God rest her zealous soul, and may she intercede with God to obtain for our beloved Community many more vocations, to carry on the apostolate she so fervently served.