Sister M. Rose Monica Welsh, IHM

Sister M. Rose Monica Welsh, IHM, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Tuesday, April 2, 1991, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on September 17, 1906, in Portage, PA, and given the name Jane. She was the daughter of the late Peter William and Honora Walsh Welsh. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 14, 1924, received the religious habit on December 29, 1924, and made profession of her vows on August 15, 1926.

Sister Rose Monica served as an elementary teacher specializing in music at the following: St. Leo Elementary School in Ashley, PA; Immaculate Conception Elementary School in West Pittston, PA; St. John the Evangelist Elementary School in Bellefonte, PA; St. Patrick Elementary School in Spangler, PA; and St. Mary Elementary School in Manhasset, NY. She also taught elementary schools located in Pittsburgh, PA; and served as a music teacher at St. Peter Catechetical Center in Wellsboro, PA.

Sister also served as a receptionist at the IHM Center in Scranton, PA.

From 1985 until the time of her death, Sister Rose Monica was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by seven brothers, two infants, Francis, Clarence, William, John, and Edward, and two sisters, Margaret Fesko and Bertha Halleran.

She is survived by a sister, Sister Genevieve Therese Welsh, IHM, of Scranton, PA; nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Friday, April 5, at 10:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Thursday afternoon after 2:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.

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Archival Remembrance:

Sister Rose Monica was a beautiful, happy sister to know. She was always ready to help make community life better. She did much to help the less fortunate. Her love of God, her prayerfulness, were her greatest gifts to IHM.