Sister M. Cecil Nooney, IHM

Sister M. Cecil Nooney, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Monday, August 24, 1981, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on April 30, 1897 in Scranton, PA, and given the name Alice. She was the daughter of the late William P. and Ellen Lennon Nooney. She entered the IHM Congregation on August 15, 1918, received the religious habit on August 2, 1919, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1921.

Sister Cecil served as a teacher of intermediate grades at the following schools: St. Patrick Elementary School in Oneida, NY; St. Ephrem Elementary School in Brooklyn, NY; St. Dominic Elementary School in Oyster Bay, NY; Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary School in Inwood, NY; and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Elementary School in Forest Hills, NY.

Sister also served as a volunteer in the school library at Nativity of Our Lord Elementary School in Scranton, PA, from 1970 to 1980.

From 1980 until the time of her death, Sister Cecil was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, William, James, and Matthew; and five sisters, Mary (Mamie) Dawson, Helen Taylor, Anna Harrity, Genevieve Osborne and Delia A. Nooney.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews, including Joseph Osborne of Gouldsboro, PA; William F. Harrity of New York; Robert Osborne, Jeanne Zwick, Mrs. John Seechack, Mrs. George Quinn, and Mrs. Russell Colborn, all of Scranton, PA; Mrs. Joseph Miller of New Jersey; and Mrs. Edward Plourde of Connecticut.

The funeral will be Thursday, August 27, at 9:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment with follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Wednesday, from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. or 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.