Sister M. Rose Marie McCormick, IHM

Sister M. Rose Marie McCormick, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Monday, January 20, 1964, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Carbondale, PA.

She was was born on July 3, 1894 in Pittsburgh, PA, and given the name Eleanor. She was the daughter of the late Junius A. and Agatha Sentle McCormick. She entered the IHM Congregation on July 2, 1917, received the religious habit on January 3, 1918, and made profession of her vows on December 27, 1919.

Sister Rose Marie served as a teacher at the following schools: St. Bernard Elementary School in Hastings, PA, from 1920 to 1923; St. John the Evangelist Elementary School in Bellefonte, PA, from 1923 to 1927; St. Leo Elementary School in Ashley, PA, from 1927 to 1930; St. Ephrem Elementary School in Brooklyn, NY, from 1930 to 1933; All Saints Elementary School in Masontown, PA, from 1933 to 1934; St. Joseph Elementary School in Williamsport, PA, from 1934 to 1944; St. Rosalia Elementary School in Pittsburgh, PA, from 1944 to 1956; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Elementary School in Altoona, PA, from 1956 to 1959; St. Agnes Elementary School in Baltimore, MD, from 1959 to 1962; St. Bernardine Elementary School in Baltimore, MD, in 1963; and Holy Name of Mary Elementary School in Jermyn, PA, in 1963.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, George John and Pollard; and three two sisters, Bernadette, Agatha and Grace.

She is survived by three sisters, Ruth McCormick, Esther McCormick and Phyllis McLaughlin, all of Pittsburgh, PA; and a nephew.

The funeral will be Thursday, January 23, at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian Convent in Scranton. Interment will follow at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, PA. Friends may call on Wednesday after 2:00 p.m. at the Marian Convent.

Archival Remembrance:

Sister Rose Marie came to our Congregation from a fine Catholic family in Saint Mary of the Mount parish in Pittsburgh. After her profession her assignments too her to the dioceses of Altoona, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Scranton, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore. She taught in the primary grades, where she spent herself in teaching and training little children and preparing them for the reception of the Sacraments. She was an orderly, meticulous teacher, and by her quiet gentle manner, endeared herself to the children and their parents. Often ill health was her companion and a bad fall kept her hospitalized for a long period. Following a serious heart attack at Saint Agnes’ Convent, Baltimore, last spring, she was brought to the Marian Convent. At Thanksgiving time, she felt that she could again teach and a small class in Jermyn was assigned to her. Here she gave her best to the children, prepared the First Communicants, and at the same time endeared herself to all. Another heart attack brought her to Saint Joseph’s Hospital, where the angel of death summoned her. Surely, the angels of hundreds of children must have welcomed Sister Rose Marie to her eternal rest.