Sister Maria Catherine Walsh, IHM

Sister Maria Catherine Walsh, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Friday, April 17, 1987, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was born on May 27, 1903, in Pittsburgh, PA, and given the name Eleanora. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Honora (Nora) Whalen Walsh. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 7, 1923, received the religious habit on December 28, 1923, and made profession of her vows on August 15, 1925.

Sister Maria Catherine served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Rose Elementary School in Carbondale, PA; St. Patrick Elementary School in Olyphant, PA; St. Cecilia Elementary School in Exeter, PA; St. Ann Elementary School in Scranton, PA; Holy Rosary Elementary School in Scranton, PA; and St. Mary of Mount Carmel Elementary School in Dunmore, PA.

Sister also served in the medical records department at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA; and was a member of the support staff at the IHM Generalate in Scranton, PA.

From 1979 until the time of her death, Sister Maria Catherine was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent in Scranton.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Elizabeth A. Walsh, Anna Catherine Schade and Mary Dolores Girard.

She is survived by several cousins, including Helen Whalen of Pittsburgh, PA.

The funeral will be Tuesday, April 21, at 10:00 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at the Marian Convent. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call at the Marian Convent on Monday afternoon or evening.