Sister Mary Ruth Spall, IHM
June 20, 1909 – August 7, 1930
Sister Mary Ruth Spall, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Thursday, August 7, 1930, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.
She was born on June 9, 1909 in Carbondale, PA, and given the name Mary. She was the daughter of George and Anna P. McAndrew Spall. She entered the IHM Congregation on August 15, 1927, received the religious habit on December 29, 1927, and made profession of her vows on December 27, 1929.
Sister Mary Ruth taught at St. Mary of the Mount School in Pittsburgh, PA.
She is survived by five brothers, George, James F., Joseph, Eugene and Edward A.; four sisters, Elizabeth Mary Fallon, Emma Rose Frost, Jane Spall and Ruth Marie Howdershell; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be Saturday, August 9, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Rose’s Church in Carbondale. Interment will follow at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Greenfield Township, PA.
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