Sister M. Bennet Watters, IHM

Sister M. Bennet Watters, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, March 25, 1948, at the Mercy Hospital in Scranton, PA.

She was born on October 14, 1877, in Avoca, PA, and given the name Elizabeth (Lizzie). She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Burke Watters. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1896, received the religious habit on July 2, 1896, and made profession of her vows on July 23, 1898.

Sister Bennett served as principal and superior at St. Joseph Elementary School in Danville, PA; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Elementary School in Altoona, PA; St. Rosalia Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA; St. Joseph Elementary School in Renovo, PA; St. Mary of the Mount Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA; and St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Archbald, PA. She served as a teacher at St. Patrick Elementary School in Scranton, PA, and at elementary schools located in Lock Haven, PA.

Sister also served as superintendant at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Sister M. Timothy  Watters, IHM.

She is survived by a brother, John P. of Niles, OH; a sister, Margaret English of Birmingham, AL; nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be on Monday, March 29, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Church in Scranton. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Sunday afternoon at St. Patrick’s Convent, West Scranton, PA.