Sister M. Margaret Kearney, IHM

Sister M. Margaret Kearney, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, November 7, 1937, at St. Agnes Place in Elmhurst, PA.

She was born on January 21, 1866, in Parsons, PA, and given the name Alice. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Ann E. Mahon Kearney. She entered the IHM Congregation on May 24, 1889, received the religious habit on October 3, 1889, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1891.

Sister Margaret served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Cecilia Academy in Scranton, PA; St. John High School in Pittston, PA; St. Joseph High School in Williamsport, PA; Sacred Heart High School in New York City, NY; and Sacred Heart School in LaPlata, MD.

Sister served as principal and superior at All Saints School in Masontown, PA. She also served as director of the Novitiate Normal School at Marywood College in Scranton, PA.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Jennie McNamara, and three brothers, Michael, William, and Daniel.

She is survived by four sisters, Sister M. Margaret Kearney, IHM, Sister M. Victoria Kearney, IHM, Sister Margaret de Chantal Kearney, VHM, of Wilmington DE, and Katie Mundy of Wilkes-Barre, PA; and two brothers, Reverend Richard A. Kearney, TOR, stationed in Altoona, PA, and Frank of New York City, NY.

The funeral will be Tuesday, November 9, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA.

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Archival Remembrance:

Sister Margaret was a member of a large family which gave five of its children to serve God in religion. Two sisters, Sister M. Alacoque and Sister M. Victoria came to join her in the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Another sister, Sister Mary deChantal, at age sixty-five, entered the Visitandine Order in Wilmington, DE. A brother, Reverend Richard became a Third Order Regular Franciscan Friars in Altoona, PA.