Sister Marie Terese MacDermott, IHM

Sister Marie Terese MacDermott, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, June 2, 1966, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on September 23, 1893 in Philadelphia, PA, and given the name Helen. She was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Margaret Kelley MacDermott, She entered the IHM Congregation on April 8, 1912, received the religious habit on August 2, 1913, and made profession of her vows on July 6, 1915.

Sister Marie Terese served as a domestic at the following convents located in PA: St. Bernard in Hastings, from 1915 to 1916; St. Joseph in Danville, from 1916 to 1917; St. Agnes Place in Elmhurst, from 1928 to 1956; and at convents located in Susquehanna and Scranton, PA.

Sister also served in child care for resident children at St. Patrick’s Orphanage in Scranton, PA, from 1919 to 1920; and St. Mary’s Home in Cresson, PA, from 1920 to 1928

From 1956 until the time of her death, Sister Marie Terese served in the laundry at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by nine sisters, Catherine (infant), Mary (infant), Catharine MacDermott, Florence Cecelia Swartz, Mary Agnes MacDermott, Margaret MacDermott, Rita Marie Johnson, Helen MacDermott, and Elizabeth MacDermott; and two brothers, David Michael and Edward Francis.

She is survived by two brothers, William and Thomas, both of Philadelphia, PA; two sisters, Madeline Elizabeth Haus of Johnson City, NY, and Anna Regina Weaver of Elmira, NY; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Monday, June 6 at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent, followed by interment at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Sunday after 2:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.

Archival Remembrance:

Our dear Sister Marie Terese wrote her own eulogy. Everyone knows of her selfless work for our ill and aged Sisters, first at Elmhurst, then at the Marian Convent. She assumed the laundry chore, which, as everyone knows is an endless task in a hospital. Though her Superiors tried to relieve her of this duty, she continued it to the end.