Sister M. Armella Nelson, IHM

Sister M. Armella Nelson, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Saturday, January 9, 1988, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on May 22, 1904 in Hastings, PA, and given the name Martha. She was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Mary Angert Nelson. She entered the IHM Congregation on July 2, 1921, received the religious habit on December 29, 1921, and made profession of her vows on December 27, 1923.

Sister Armella served as a music and junior high teacher at the following schools: St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA; St. John the Evangelist Elementary School in Scranton, PA; St. Ann Elementary School in Scranton, PA; St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Archbald, PA; and St. Cecilia Elementary School in Exeter, PA. She also taught at schools located in Pittsburgh and Susquehanna, PA.

Sister served as principal at St. Patrick Elementary School in Spangler, PA; St. Joseph Elementary School in Danville, PA; and an elementary school located in Lock Haven, PA.

From 1979 until the time of her death, Sister Armella was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent in Scranton.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in math/science, and a Master of Arts degree in librarianship, both from Marywood College.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Clarence.

She is survived by three sisters, Florence Yeager and Mary Burley, both of Hastings, PA, and Margaret Miskovich of Ebensburg, PA; a brother, Thomas J. of Harper Woods, MI; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Tuesday, January 12, at 11:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call at the Marian Convent Monday afternoon or evening.