Sister M. Honorine Walsh, IHM

Sister M. Honorine Walsh, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Sunday, June 28, 1987, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on January 21, 1908 in West Pittston, PA, and given the name Corona. She was the daughter of the late Anthony and Sarah Lark Walsh. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1936, received the religious habit on May 3, 1937, and made profession of her vows on May 8, 1939.

Sister Honorine served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Archbald, PA; St. Paul Elementary School in Cranston, RI; St. Ann Elementary School in Devon, CT; Most Holy Rosary Elementary School in Syracuse, NY; and at elementary schools located in Washington, NC. She also served as a teacher and care giver at St. John’s Home for Boys in Cresson, PA, and at St. Michael’s Industrial School for Boys in Hoban Heights, PA.

Sister served as superior of the boys’ residence at Catholic Child Care Center in Hollidaysburg. PA.

From 1981 until the time of her death, Sister Honorine was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Bartkowski; two brothers, Joseph and Richard; and an aunt, Sister Mary Corona Lark, IHM.

She is survived by a sister, Mary Rita Goodoff of Flanders, NJ; two nieces and a nephew.

The funeral will be Wednesday, July 1, at 9:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call at the Marian Convent on Tuesday afternoon or evening.