Sister M. Liguori Coroner, IHM

Sister M. Liguori Coroner, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, October 7, 1926 at Mercy Hospital in Scranton, PA.

She was born on August 6, 1861 in Scranton, PA, and given the name Mary. She was the daugther of the late Patrick and Bridget Garvin Coroner. Before entering the community, Mary was a teacher in the Scranton public schools. She entered the IHM Congregation on August 25, 1886, received the religious habit on March 1, 1887, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1889.

Sister Ligouri served as superior at St. Cecilia’s Convent in Wyoming, PA, and later was in charge of the mechanical department at St. Rose School in Carbondale, PA. She also served as a teacher at St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA.

At Marywood College in Scranton, PA, Sister Ligouri was an instructor in the art department for the last few years.

She was preceded in death by twelve brothers and sisters, including, John, Reverened Joseph John, Elizabeth Coroner, and Ellen O’Donnell.

She is survived by a sister, Annie E. Wills of Scranton, PA, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Saturday, October 9 at 9:30 a.m. with a solemn high mass at the Marywood College Chapel in Scranton, PA. Interment will follow at the Marywood College Cemetery, on the grounds of Marywood College.

Archival Remembrance:

Sister Ligouri was deeply believed by her sisters in religion who had learned to admire her unselfish devotion and sacrifice in the cause to which she devoted her life. She is deeply mourned by a host of relatives and friends, many of whom with her religious sisters, were present at her death. She brought the beautiful spirit fostered in her good Christian home into the convent where her beautiful life, simple, humble, retiring, was an example to all whom she came in contact, and an inspiration to the sisters with whom she lived. Of fourteen members of the family to which Sister Ligouri belonged, only one sister survives.