Sister M. Victoria Kearney, IHM

Sister M. Victoria Kearney, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on June 15, 1959, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on February 26, 1886 in Parsons, PA, and given the name Anne Elizabeth. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Ann E. Mahon Kearney. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1913, received the religious habit on August 2, 1913, and made profession of her vows on July 6, 1915.

Sister Victoria served as a teacher at the following schools: Holy Rosary High School in Scranton, PA; St. Thomas Aquinas School in Archbald, PA; St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA; and St. Cecilia School in Exeter, PA.

She was preceded in death by five sisters, Jennie McNamara, Sister M. Margaret, IHM, Sister Margaret de Chantal, VHM, Sister M. Alacoque, IHM, and Katie Mundy; and five brothers, Michael, Frank, William, Daniel, and Reverend Richard A., TOR.

The funeral will be Thursday, June 18 at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent, followed interment by at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Wednesday after 2:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.

Archival Remembrance:

Sister M. Victoria Kearney, is the sole survivor 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 Margaret de Chantal, 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. Sister Victoria’s pupils remember her as a kind, patient teacher. The last years of her life were spent in longing memory of her loved ones already in God’s good care, as she awaited her reunion with all who had preceded her in death. May her soul rest in peace.