Sister M. Callistus Wills, IHM

Sister M. Callistus Wills, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Monday, November 18, 1940, at St. Joseph’s Children’s and Maternity Hospital in Scranton, PA.

She was born on September 27, 1856 in Loretto, PA, and given the name Monica Abigail. She was the daughter of the late Anthony and Catherine Elizabeth Mardis Wills. She entered the IHM Congregation on December 8, 1881, received the religious habit on April 12, 1882, and made profession of her vows on April 14, 1884.

Sister Callistus served as a teacher at the following schools: St. John the Evangelist School in Scranton, PA; St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA; St. John the Evangelist School in Pittston, PA; Most Holy Rosary School in Syracuse, NY; St. Joseph School in Renovo, PA; St. Leo School in Ashley, PA; and St. Patrick School in White Haven, PA.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Adelaide Jones, Frances Brandt and Emma Catherine Rogers; a brother, Andrew Edwin; a half-brother, James A. Donoughe; and three half-sisters, Margaret Donoughe, Mary Jane Sutton, and Ann Sprout.

She is survived by nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, including nephew, Reverend Gabriel Jones, T.O.R. of Johnstown, PA, and niece, Agnes Brandt of Altoona, PA.

The funeral will be on Wednesday, November 20, at 9:30 a.m. with a requiem high mass in St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Tuesday after 2:00 p.m. at St. Agnes Place, Elmhurst.