Sister M. Inez Farrell, IHM

Sister M. Inez Farrell, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Friday, September 14, 1956, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on April 28, 1872 in Bristol, PA, and given the name Mary. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Alice Doyle Farrell. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1898, received the religious habit on July 15, 1899, and made profession of her vows on July 27, 1901.

Sister Inez served as a teacher at Marywood Seminary in Scranton, PA, and St. Mary of the Mount High School in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sister served as principal and superior at Sacred Heart High School in La Plata, MD.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas; and two sisters, Sister Catherine, OP, and Sister Michael, OP.

She is survived by two sisters, Mary Kelley McElvane of Philadelphia, PA, and Sister M. Francesca, IHM, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA; and a brother, Michael of Philadelphia, PA.

The funeral will be Monday, September 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent, followed by interment at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Sunday after 2:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.

Archival Reflection:

Our Sister Inez Farrell came from a fine Catholic family which nurtured four splendid vocations to the Church. Two of her sisters entered the Second Order of Dominicans at Corpus Christi Monastery in New York, and the other entered our IHM Congregation. One of these cloistered nuns was a member of the group which founded Corpus Christi Monastery in Menlo Park, California. After her long and fruitful years as teacher, Sister Inez spent the last years in the shadowing twilight of the weakness of old age.