Sister M. Nadine Moran, IHM

Sister M. Nadine Moran, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, September 26, 1976, at St. John-Queens Hospital in Forest Hills, NY.

She was born on April 11, 1921 in Scranton, PA, and given the name Mary Joan. She was the daughter of the late William and Helen McGee Moran. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1939, received the religious habit on May 7, 1940, and made profession of her vows on May 8, 1942.

Sister Nadine served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Mary Elementary School in Avoca, PA, from 1942 to 1976; Cathedral High School in Scranton, PA, from 1956 to 1962; and Our Lady of Grace Elementary School in Greensboro, NC, from 1974 to 1975.

Sister served as the principal and superior at Mother of Mercy School Elementary School in Washington, NC, from 1962 to 1967, and the IHM Academy in Coeur d’Alene, ID, from 1967 to 1968.

Sister Nadine is a former member of the IHM Congregation’s leadership team in Scranton, PA, where she served as Assistant Superior General, from 1968 to 1974. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of Marywood College.

From 1975 until the time of her death, Sister Nadine served as principal at Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School in Forest Hills, NY.

She is survived by two brothers, William J. of Scranton, PA, and Paul of Panama City, FL; five sisters, Sister M. Wilmett Moran, IHM, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA; Kathryn (Kay) Hollow and Theresa Schofield, both of Scranton, PA; Alice Kearney of Williston Park, NY; and Jeanne Walsh of Clark’s Green, PA; and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated on Monday, September 27, at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Forest Hills, NY, with Reverend John J. Johnston, Pastor, as principal celebrant. The children of the school will participate.

A funeral mass will be offered on Wednesday, September 29, at 9:30 a.m. at the IHM Generalate Chapel in Scranton, PA. Interment will follow the Mass on Wednesday at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Monday afternoon and evening, and all day on Tuesday at the Marian Convent.