Sister Mary Barbara O’Malley, IHM

Sister Mary Barbara O’Malley, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, November 23, 1944, at St. Mary Keller Memorial Hospital in Scranton, PA.

She was born on March 8, 1881 in Pittston, PA, and given the name Charlotte. She was the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret Holleran O’Malley. Before entering the community, she was a teacher in the Pittston Township School District. She entered the IHM Congregation on February 3, 1902, received the religious habit on July 31, 1902, and made profession of her vows on August 2, 1904.

Sister Mary Barbara served as principal and teacher at St. Patrick School in Olyphant, PA, for twenty-four years. She was later named superior and principal at St. Patrick School in Scranton, PA.

Sister Mary Barbara served as a teacher at Most Holy Rosary High School in Syracuse, NY; and St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston, PA.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, William R. and Patrick, and a sister, Margaret O’Malley.

She is survived by four sisters, Catherine Gallagher, Mary McNulty, and Beatrice and Grace O’Malley, all of Pittston, PA, nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held on Saturday, November 25, at 9:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church in Pittston. Interment will follow at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery in Pittston, PA. Friends may call on Friday afternoon or evening at St. John’s Convent in Pittston.