Sister M. Eva Connors, IHM

Sister M. Eva Connors, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Tuesday, August 4, 1981, at Mercy Hospital in Scranton, PA.

She was born on December 5, 1922 in Pittston, PA, and given the name Dolores. She was the daughter of Eva Harrington Connors and the late Thomas H. Connors. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1946, received the religious habit on August 2, 1946, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1948. She earned a degree from the Univeristy of Notre Dame.

Sister Eva served as a teacher at St. Thomas Commercial School in Archbald, PA, and St. Patrick High School in Scranton, PA.

In 1953, Sister Eva was assigned to Marywood College in Scranton, PA, where she served as an instructor in the Business Department, and assistant to the treasurer. In 1955, Sister became treasurer of Marywood College, and in 1968, she was named Vice-President for Business Affairs.

Sister Eva was responsible for the fiscal management and physical plant of Marywood College. During her twenty-seven years in this position, she was part of the executive team which planned and executed tremendous expansion of the college campus. At the same time, Marywood was one of the few private colleges that could lay claim to the record of never having had a deficit year.

Sister Eva held a membership in the National Association of College and University Business Officers, and was a past director on the board of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. She also served on numerous college committees.

She is preceded in death by a brother, Robert, who died at the age of nine.

In addition to her mother, Eva Harrington Connors of Scranton, PA, she is survived by a sister, Romaine of Gaithersburg, MD, two brothers, Gerald “Jerry” of West Haven, CT, and Thomas of Pittston, PA, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Thursday, August 6 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel at the IHM Generalate in Scranton, PA. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Wednesday after 2:00 p.m. at the IHM Generalate.

photo credit: Jerry Connors, brother of Sister Eva.