Sister M. Andrae Fahey, IHM

Sister M. Andrae Fahey, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Tuesday, December 14, 1954, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on June 30, 1886 in Edwardsville, PA, and given the name Mary Ann Gertrude. She was the daughter of the late Martin and Catherine Bilbow Fahey. She entered the IHM Congregation on August 15, 1906, received the religious habit on July 16, 1907, and made profession of her vows on April 13, 1909.

Sister Andrae served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Leo Elementary School in Ashley, PA: St. Rosalia Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA; Most Holy Rosary School in Syracuse, NY.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Michael and Martin, Jr., and a sister, Agatha. There are no immediate survivors.

The funeral will be Thursday, December 16 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow, PA. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow. Friends may call on Wednesday afternoon at St. Agnes Place in Elmhurst, PA.

“One more school was opened in the Pittsburg Diocese before the close of Mother Cyril’s term of office. Saint Rosalia’s School, Pittsburg. (sic)

The school was blessed on the Feast of the Purification, February 2nd, by the Right Reverend Bishop, J. F. Regis Canevin. School was opened on Monday, February 3rd, with a solemn High Mass at nine o’clock. Three hundred and seventy-one children were enrolled that day. Six class rooms were opened. Sister M. Germaine remained for about two weeks, examining and grading the pupils. Our mother superior could not spare any more Sisters at the time, three secular teachers were employed. Sister M. Germaine went back to Pittsburg (sic) at Easter with Sister M. Andrae and Sister M. Clotilda. This partially relieved the situation. In September, 1914, Sister M. Alphonsine was placed in charge. A commercial high school was opened that year with an enrollment of twenty-six. The registration in that department has risen to seventy-eight. An academic high school was opened in September, 1920, with an enrollment of fifty-two.”

Excerpted from The Sisters of the I.H.M.: The Story of The Founding of The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work In The Scranton Diocese by Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, IHM, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, NY, 1921, p. 329-331