Sister Mary Stephen Sheridan, IHM

Sister Mary Stephen Sheridan, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on October 7, 1965, at the Marian Convent in Scranton, PA.

She was born on June 26, 1880, in Pittston, PA, and given the name Nellie. She was the daughter of the late Patrick and Catherine Cawley Sheridan. She entered the IHM Congregation on September 8, 1904, received the religious habit on December 8, 1904, and made profession of her vows on December 28, 1906.

Sister Mary Stephen served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Patrick Elementary School in Scranton, PA, from 1906 to 1910; St. Mary of the Mount Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA, from 1910 to 1931; St. John the Evangelist Elementary School in Scranton, PA, from 1931 to 1947; St. Peter Cathedral Elementary School in Scranton, PA, from 1947 to 1953; and Nativity of Our Lord Elementary School in Scranton, PA, from 1953 to 1960.

From 1960 until the time of her death, Sister Mary Stephen was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and James; and four sisters, Mary Keating, Josephine Sheridan, Catherine Sheridan, and Theresa Jordan; and a niece in community, Sister Jane Frances Keating, IHM.

She is survived by two nephews, Harold Keating of Scranton, PA, and Stanley Keating of Landsdowne, PA.

The funeral will be Saturday, October 9, at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent in Scranton, followed by interment at St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Friday at the Marian Convent.

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Archival Remembrance:

Sister Mary Stephen will be remembered as a good religious and devoted teacher. Her pupils remember her as a kind, happy, interested teacher; she enriched many souls by her selfless devotion. She was one of the pioneers who opened Saint Mary of the Mount School in Pittsburgh, where she spent twenty-one years in the elementary department. Her cultured manner, her refined ways, her prayerful life – these qualities endeared her to her pupils and Sisters. At the Marian Convent where she passed her final five years, she left the memory of a truly consecrated nun whose life was spent with God in thanksgiving for His having chosen her to be His spouse. May she find peace and joy He has reserved for His chosen ones.