Sister M. Mariana Weir, IHM

Sister M. Mariana Weir, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Saturday, October 2, 1954, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on April 11, 1866, in Hawley, PA, and given the name of Mary. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Mary Carney Weir. She entered the IHM Congregation on November 1, 1893, received the religious habit on May 24, 1894, and made profession of her vows on July 2, 1896.

Sister Mariana served in child-care for resident children at St. Rose Academy in Carbondale, PA; IHM Academy in Coeur d’Alene, ID; and St. Joseph’s Children’s and Maternity Hospital in Scranton, PA.

For the past serveral years, Sister Mariana was a prayer minister at St. Agnes Place in Elmhurst, PA.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Patrick Jr.; and two sisters, Catherine and Anna Weir.

She is survived by a niece, Marie Kilroe of Honesdale, PA.

The funeral will be Monday, October 4, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church in Moscow. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at St. Agnes Place, Elmhurst.