Sister Marionette Coll, IHM

Sister Marionette Coll, IHM, died on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, PA. Daughter of the late Frank X. and Mary Broderick Coll, she was born November 17, 1921, in Pittsburgh, PA. She was the fifth child in her family of ten.

She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1939, made first profession of vows on May 8, 1942, and final profession on August 1, 1947.

Having earned a B.A. degree in education at Marywood College, she went on to earn an M.A. in mathematics at Fordham University, and did further study at Notre Dame and New York University on NSF (National Science Foundation) grants.

Sister Marionette served as a teacher at St. Ephrem School in Brooklyn, NY, 1942-1943; Immaculate Conception School in Lock Haven, PA, 1943-1947; St. Patrick’s High School in Scranton, PA, 1947-1954; and Immaculata High School, in New York, NY, 1954-1964.

In 1964, she was assigned to Marywood College, where she represented the IHM Sisters in the Golden Jubilee Campaign and later became Vice President for Development at Marywood.

In 1978, she left the college and became Director of Communications for the IHM Congregation, a post she held for 16 years. Following her service as coordinator of the IHM Center, she took a part-time position as office assistant at St. Agnes School in Baltimore, MD. In 2011, she retired to Our Lady of Peace Residence, where she served both as a Telespond volunteer and prayer minister.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, William V., and John E. (Ed), and seven sisters, Mary Dausch, Elizabeth Dausch, Lillian Warzynski, Kathleen Armbruster, Eleanor Cope, Patricia Kennedy, and Ethel Little. Sister Marionette is survived by nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Colorado, and across the US; and survived by her beloved friend, Sister Maureen Schrimpe, IHM. She is also survived by the members of the IHM Congregation.   

The funeral will be Saturday, November 7, at 9:30 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Peace Residence, 1510 University Avenue in Dunmore, PA. Friends may call at Our Lady of Peace Residence on Friday, November 6, between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Interment will follow Mass on Saturday at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA.