Sister M. Joachim Dorsey, IHM
March 11, 1858 – January 2, 1896
Sister M. Joachim Dorsey, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, January 2, 1896, at St. Patrick’s Convent in Scranton, PA.
She was born January 9, 1870 in Sugar Ridge, PA, and given the name Bridget. She was the daughter of Patrick Dorsey, and the late Margaret Cain Dorsey. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 1, 1887, received the religious habit on March 6, 1888, and made profession of her vows on April 8, 1890.
Sister Joachim served as a teacher at St. Patrick Parochial School in Scranton, PA.
She is preceded in death by two brothers, William (Willie) and William, both of whom died at the age of two.
She is survived by four brothers, Patrick, Dennis, James, and John W., four sisters, Mary Pyne, Catherine Mary Leahy, Margaret Lane, and Ellen Lynch, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be on Saturday, January 4 at 9:30 am at St. Patrick’s Church in Scranton, PA. Interment will follow at Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton, PA. Friends may call on Friday, January 3 at St. Patrick’s Convent.
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Sister M. Joachim Dorsey was born on Sugar Ridge in Overton Township, Bradford County, PA.
Her parents are buried in SS. Philip and James Cemetery which is located on Sugar Ridge and not in Overton, Overton Township, Bradford County, PA. Sister M. Laurena Cullen is also buried in the cemetery, and the parents of Sister M. Joachim Dorsey are her maternal great uncle and aunt.
In the mid 19th century Irish immigrants came to Sugar Ridge which was a wilderness and cleared the wilderness to develop farms. The name of Sugar Ridge is attributable to the prevalence of maple sugar trees in the area.