Posted September 25, 2020

Sister Audrey Kimbar, C.S.F.N. (formerly Sister Mary Clementia), died Feb. 3 in Philadelphia. She was 82 and in the 64th year of her religious life.

Born in Worcester, Mass., she attended St. Mary Grade School and High School. She entered the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in 1956 and professed final vows in 1965.

Sister Audrey received a bachelor’s degree in 1964 from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1964 and a master’s in 1985 from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas.

She served in various nursing and health care administration ministries at Nazareth Hospital, St. John Neumann Nursing Home and Immaculate Mary Nursing Home in Philadelphia; Holy Family Nursing Services in Allentown, Pa.; and Bethania Regional Health in Wichita Falls, Texas.

In later years, she served as a library assistant at Nazareth Academy High School in Philadelphia.

The funeral Mass for Sister Audrey was celebrated Feb. 6 at Jesus of Nazareth Convent (Mount Nazareth) Chapel in Philadelphia.

Donations in her memory may be made to Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, 310 N. River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60016.