Sister Clement Marie O’Toole, IHM

ister Clement Marie O’Toole, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, April 17, 1957, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on July 26, 1904 in Pittsburgh, PA, and given the name Margaret. She was the daughter of Martin J. and Bertha M. Roche O’Toole. She entered the IHM Congregation on August 15, 1923, received the religious habit on December 27, 1923, and made profession of her vows on August 15, 1925.

Sister Clement Marie served as a Latin teacher at the following schools: St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA; St. Rita HIgh School in Dundalk, MD; St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, NY; South Scranton Catholic HIgh School in Scranton, PA; and St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset, NY.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Martin, Jr. (infant).

In addition to her parents, she is survived by three brothers, Clement, Slyvester and Joseph; two sisters Loretta Bernadette Halpin and Genevieve Marie Horgan; and several nieces and nephews, all of Pittsburgh, PA.

The funeral will be Friday, April 19, at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent in Scranton. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Thursday at the Marian Convent. A Solemn Requiem Mass will be held on Tuesday, April 30, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church in Manhasset, NY.

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Archival Remembrance:

Sister Clement Marie O’Toole will live in the minds and hearts of hundreds of young people as a pleasant, happy, generous teacher. She knew how to make learning not easy; but joyous. Her cheerful smile, and her repartee made light of difficulties. Her Latin classes were happy adventures; and the joy of achievement followed naturally from worth-while effort. A sojourn in a hospital completely changed the vista ahead. God’s call was well known to her; she pronounced her “fiat” and she planned the short months ahead in the light of His holy and manifest will. She strove to be the same devoted Sister; to appear unchanged as she met and comforted her bereaved family; but God’s call shone in her eyes; and she prayerfully and in full consciousness awaited death.