Sister M. Emelia Bigley, IHM

Sister M. Emelia Bigley, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, February 15, 1940, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on March 11, 1858, in Summit Hill, PA, and given the name Elizabeth. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Mary Friel Bigley. She entered the IHM Congregation on May 27, 1887, received the religious habit on October 4, 1887, and made profession of her vows on April 8, 1890.

Sister Emelia served as a teacher at St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA; St. John the Evangelist School in Pittston, PA; St. Patrick School in Scranton, PA; IHM Academy in Coeur d’Alene, ID; and St. Basil School in Dushore, PA.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Catherine and Bridget Bigley; and three brothers, John Ambrose, Charles Francis and Patrick Francis, Jr.

She is survived by two sisters, Mary Bigley of Wisconsin, and Margaret Smith of Philadelphia, PA; and several nieces and nephews, including Sister M. Eymard, IHM, superior of St. Basil’s Convent, Dushore, PA.

The funeral will be on Saturday, February 17, at 9:30 a.m. in St. Rose Church, Carbondale. Interment will be at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery in Greenfield Township, PA.