Sister M. Hubertine Gallagher, IHM

Sister M. Hubertine Gallagher, IHM, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Friday, February 16, 1990, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on February 2, 1916 in Scranton, PA, and given the name Mary. She was the daughter of the late Hubert and Mary Noone Gallagher. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1935, received the religious habit on April 30, 1936, and made profession of her vows on May 3, 1938.

Sister Hubertine taught intermediate grades at the following schools: Immaculate Conception Elementary School School in Scranton, PA; St. Mary Elementary School in Avoca, PA; Holy Name of Jesus School Elementary School in Forty-Fort, PA; St. Dominic Elementary School in Oyster Bay, NY; St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Archbald, PA; and St. John the Evangelist Elementary School in Bellefonte, PA. She also taught at schools located in Forest Hills, NY, and Pitts­burgh, PA. Sister’s most recent assignment was at Holy Trinity School in Poughkeepsie, NY, where she served as a junior high mathematics teacher.

From January 1990 until the time of her death, Sister Hubertine served as prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She is preceded in death by three brothers, James, Peter and Thomas, and two sisters, Katherine Powers and Winifred Whalley.

She is survived by two sisters, Ann Gloskey of Scranton, PA, and Margaret Taylor of Cape Coral, FL, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Tuesday, February 20 with Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Monday afternoon or evening at the Marian Convent.