Sister M. Jerome Walton, IHM

Sister M. Jerome Walton, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, August 11, 1921, at Marywood College in Scranton, PA.

She was born on September 8, 1855, in Hawley, PA, and given the name Jane. She was the daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Caveney Walton. She was one of four sisters to enter the IHM Congregation. She entered the IHM Congregation on July 15, 1881, received the religious habit on November 15, 1881, and made profession of her vows on September 5, 1883.

Sister Jerome enjoyed her many years of teaching children in our IHM mission schools, including at Holy Rosary School in Scranton, PA, where she also served as superior.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, Sister Mary Gonzaga Walton, IHM, and Sister M. Gonzaga Walton, IHM.

She is survived by two sisters, Sister M. Bertrand Walton, IHM and Leona McAlood; four brothers, Michael W., Thomas A., John J., and Dr. James S., MD; nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be on Saturday, August 13, at 9:30 a.m. in Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel. Interment will follow at the Marywood College Cemetery in Scranton, PA.

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“Sister Jerome Walton, the eldest of four sisters who consecrated themselves to the service of God in the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart, died August 11, 1921. Sister M. Jerome had just rounded out forty years of loyal service in the community. For many years she had been superior of Holy Rosary Convent, North Scranton. There, as in the other schools in which she labored, she endeared herself to the Sisters of her community as well as to the pupils in the school, by her wise direction and careful foresight that provided for every want. She was a most successful teacher, one whose earnestness and sincerity of character have left an indelible impress upon generations of men and women who count it a precious privilege to have had the advantage of her strong and virile guidance during the formative periods of their lives. Years after they had passed from under her control, they still looked to her for the kindly advice and encouragement that was never withheld. Sister Jerome as an educator and as a religious, proved herself a valiant woman in her generation.”

Excerpted from The Sisters of the I.H.M.: The Story of The Founding of The Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Their Work In The Scranton Diocese by Sister M. Immaculata Gillespie, IHM, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, NY, 1921, pgs. 489, 490