Sister M. Anastasia Winters, IHM
March 3, 1872 – May 11, 1937
Sister M. Anastasia Winters, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died onTuesday, May 11, 1937, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.
She was born on March 3, 1872, in Friendsville, PA, and given the name Sarah. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Jane Heavey Winters. She entered the IHM Congregation on November 1, 1892, received the religious habit on July 4, 1893, and made profession of her vows on July 1, 1895.
Sister Anastasia served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Patrick School in Olyphant, PA; St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA; St. John the Evangelist School in Scranton, PA; and St. John the Evangelist School in Pittston, PA.
Sister also served as principal at St. Andrew Parish School in Portland, OR.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Monsignor Peter C., James, and Thomas, and three sisters, Ellen Kinney, Julia O’Keefe, and Cecelia Mangan.
She is survived by two brothers, John and Joseph, both of Binghamton, NY; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be on Thursday, May 13, at 9:30 a.m. with a requiem mass to be celebrated in St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Agnes Villa in Elmhurst.
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