Sister M. Ignatius White, IHM
October 28, 1866 – May 11, 1932
Sister M. Ignatius White, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on May 11, 1932 at St. Rose’s Convent in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
Daughter of the late William and Bridget Carey White, she was born on December 4, 1866 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and given the name Elizabeth. She entered the IHM Congregation at the St. Rose Novitiate in February 22, 1883, received the religious habit on September 5, 1883, and made profession of her vows on August 25, 1885.
Sister Ignatius served as a teacher at the following schools: St. John in Scranton; St. Paul in Scranton; and Marywood College in Scranton.
From 1924 until the time of her death, she served as a teacher and superior at St. Rose School in Carbondale.
She is survived by a sister, Miss Mary White, of Scranton; a niece, Mrs. William Golden, and a nephew, James Thompson, both of Scranton.
The funeral will take place Saturday morning with a solemn requiem mass in St. Rose church at 10 o’clock. Interment will be made in the sisters’ plot in Our Mother of Sorrows cemetery, Finch Hill.
Memorial contributions may be made to support the retired IHM Sisters c/o the IHM Sisters Retirement Fund, IHM Center, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509.
“SISTER IGNATIUS DIES AT ST. ROSE CONVENT
SUPERIOR OF CARBONDALE CONVENT AND FORMER MARYWOOD COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR PASSES AWAY.
Carbondale, May 11.– Sister M. Ignatius, superior of the convent of St. Rose, died at the convent on Upper Salem avenue, this morning at 7 o’clock, following an illness of one week from pneumonia. Since Sunday the condition of Mother Ignatius had been critical and, although the end did not come entirely unexpected, it was nevertheless shocking to those of her band, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and will be learned of with genuine sorrow by her legion of friends throughout this city and Scranton, where she spent practically all of her years since becoming a religious, forty-nine years ago.
In the world Mother Ignatius was Miss Elizabeth White and was born at Williamsport, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William White. She entered the order of the Immaculate Heart at St. Rose convent, where she died, in February, 1883, then the novitiate of the order. She was professed at the same convent two years later, in 1885.
Practically all of her religious life was spent in Scranton and Carbondale, being the superior of St. Rose for the past eight years. She taught in St. John’s convent school, South Scranton; St. Paul’s, Green Ridge, and for a number of years before coming to Carbondale had been an instructor at Marywood college, Scranton. Mother Ignatius was a woman of great learning and held several degrees, and in her death the order loses one of its most valuable members.
Mother Ignatius is survived by one sister, Miss Mary White, of Scranton; a niece, Mrs. William Golden, and a nephew, James Thompson, both of Scranton.
The funeral will take place Saturday morning with a solemn requiem mass in St. Rose church at 10 o’clock. Interment will be made in the sisters’ plot in Our Mother of Sorrows cemetery, Finch Hill.”
Published in Scranton Times, Wed., May 11, 1932
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