Sister M. Laboure Walters, IHM

Sister M. Labouré Walters, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Tuesday, July 13, 1982, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

Born on December 5, 1910, in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Alicia Bellinger Walters. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1934, received the religious habit on August 2, 1935, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1937.

Sister Labouré served as a business teacher at the following schools: St. John the Evangelist High School in Scranton, PA; South Catholic High School in Scranton, PA; St. Paul High School in Scranton, PA; Holy Rosary High School in Scranton, PA; St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA; St. Joseph High School in Renovo, PA; Immaculate Conception High School in Lock Haven, PA; and Sacred Heart School in LaPlata, MD. She also taught at high schools located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sister Labouré served on the staff of the business office at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA, and St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton, PA.

From 1981 until the time of her death, Sister Labouré was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent, Scranton.

She is survived by a brother, Frank Jr., of Coxsackie, NY, and a cousin.

The funeral will be Friday, July 16, at 11:00 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call at the Marian Convent on Thursday afternoon or evening.