Posted June 25, 2009

Compiled by
Angela Arrington



Sister M. St. Thomas More, I.H.M.
Sister M. St. Thomas More, I.H.M., formerly Julia McGuire, died June 5, 2009, at Camilla Hall. She was born in Shenandoah, Pa., and entered the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1936. She professed her first vows in 1938. She was an elementary school teacher for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and in the Dioceses of Harrisburg, Allentown and Arlington, Va. She retired to Camilla Hall in 1996 where her ministry was the apostolate of prayer. She is predeceased by her parents Thomas and Julia Miles McGuire, two sisters, a brother and her cousin, Sister Joan Marie McGuire, I.H.M. A funeral Mass was celebrated June 12. Interment followed at Immaculata Cemetery. She is survived by her sister, Margaret, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and her religious community.

Sister Mary E. Cannon, I.H.M.
Sister Mary E. Cannon, I.H.M., formerly Sister M. Sanctissima, died June 5, 2009. She was born in Philadelphia and entered the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1943 and professed first vows in 1946. She was a librarian for elementary schools and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Dioceses of Allentown and Arlington, Va. She retired to Camilla Hall in 2005 where her ministry was the apostolate of prayer. She is predeceased by her parents Patrick and Bridget Mullen Cannon and three brothers, John, Daniel and Brother Edward Cannon, F.S.C. A funeral Mass was celebrated June 10 at Camilla Hall. Interment followed at Immaculata Cemetery. She is survived by her sister, Catherine, two sisters-in-law, Helen and Patricia, two nieces, three nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.