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Angela Arrington

Sister Berenice C. Harp
Sister Berenice C. Harp, S.S.J., formerly Sister Denis Edward, died on Aug. 28, 2008. She was 89. She was born in Philadelphia to Harry Harp and Mary Murphy. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Sept. 8, 1938. She served in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Diocese of Virginia. She was predeceased by her brother, Harry, and her sisters, Joan and Mary. A funeral Mass was celebrated on Sept. 4. Burial followed at the Community Cemetery. She is survived by her brothers, James and Eugene; her sisters, Josephine and Clare; her nieces and nephews, and her congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Sister Joseph Annetta Ricapito
Sister Joseph Annetta Ricapito, S.S.J., formerly Mary Ricapito, died on Aug 27, 2008. She was 84. She was born in Bethlehem to Joseph Ricapito and Anna Costellucci. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Sept. 14, 1943. She served in the Archdioceses of Philadelphia and Newark and the Dioceses of Allentown, Camden and Harrisburg. She was predeceased by her brothers, Fathers Anthony Ricapito and Joseph Ricapito; and her sister, Anna Marie. A funeral Mass was celebrated on Sept. 2. Burial followed at the Community Cemetery. She is survived by her nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and her congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph.