Sister Marion Irving, IHM

Sister Marion E. Irving, IHM, M.Ed., (formerly known as Sister M. Lucille) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Tuesday, October 25, 1983, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Binghamton, NY.

Born on September 5, 1921 in Susquehanna Depot, PA, she was the daughter of Helen Doyle Irving-Hoffman and the late Robert B. Irving, and the step-daughter of the late Elmer Frank Hoffman. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1942, received the religious habit on May 10, 1943, and made profession of her vows on May 8, 1945.

Sister Marion served as a teacher at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Dunmore, PA. She served as a high school religion and business teacher locally at Bishop O’ Hara High School in Dunmore, PA, and Bishop Hannon High School in Scranton, PA; and at schools located in Pittsburgh, PA, New York and Rhode Island.

Sister Marion served as principal at St. Basil School in Dushore, PA.

From 1980 until the time of her death, Sister served as the director of religious education at St. Catherine’s Parish in Binghamton, NY.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious education and a Master of Science degree in religious education, both from Marywood College, and a Master of Education degree from Duquesne University. She did further graduate study at Seton Hall University’s Menorah Institute and at Manhattan College. Sister served as secretary of the National Board of NAWR and was a member of the Association of Directors of Religious Education for the Diocese of Syracuse in New York.

In addition to her mother, Helen Irving-Hoffman of Binghamton, NY, she is also survived by a sister, Ann Patricia Munson of Susquehanna, PA, nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be Friday, October 28, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., at the IHM Generalate in Scranton, PA. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. There will be a viewing at the McDevitt Funeral Home in Binghamton, NY, on Wednesday afternoon and evening, followed by a memorial Mass at St. Catherine’s Church in Binghamton, NY, on Thursday morning. Local friends may call on Thursday afternoon or evening at the IHM Generalate.