Sister M. St. Teresa Healy, IHM

Sister M. St. Teresa Healy, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Friday, December 9, 1994, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on November 15, 1900 in Coeur d’Alene, ID, and given the name Margaret. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Patrick and Ella Penrose Kildea Healy. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 11, 1922, made first profession of her vows on December 28, 1924 and final profession of her vows on December 8, 1930.

Sister St. Teresa served as a music teacher at the following schools: Marywood College in Scranton, PA; Marywood Seminary in Scranton, PA; St. Patrick High School in Scranton, PA; St. Mary of the Assumption Elementary School in Upper Marlboro, MD; and St. John the Evangelist Elementary School in Binghamton, NY. She also taught at schools located in Coeur d’Alene, ID, Portland, OR, and Brooklyn, NY.

Sister St. Teresa served as a principal at St. Paul High School in Scranton, PA.

Sister also served as an catechetical instructor at Kingston Catechetical Center in Kingston, PA; and the archivist for the IHM Congregation in Scranton, for nine years.

From 1988 until the time of her death, Sister St. Teresa served as a prayer minister at the Marian Convent in Scranton.

Having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Marywood College in 1923, she completed a Master of Arts degree in music education at Columbia University in 1945.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, Alphonsus “Al” Joseph, Ignatius Bernard, Edmund Gerald and Paul Charles; and a sister, Eleanor “Ellen” Teresa Healy.

She is survived by a brother, William Kildea Healy of Fresno, CA; nieces and nephews, including Maryellen Weber of McLean, VA.

The funeral will be Monday, December 12 with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. at the Marian Convent, followed by interment at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow. Friends may call on Sunday after 2:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.