Posted October 20, 2020

Sister St. Gervase Glackin, S.S.J. (formerly Mary Angela Glackin), age 92, died Sept. 17 at St. Joseph Villa, Flourtown.

The daughter of John Joseph and Mary Donohoe Glackin, she attended St. Lawrence Grade School in Upper Darby and St. Joseph Academy in McSherrystown, Pa.

In September 1946 she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, Chestnut Hill, and professed her final vows in 1954.

Sister St. Gervase ministered in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the dioceses of Allentown, Camden, Harrisburg and Trenton.

She is the sister of Charles Glackin, Esq., and the late Geraldine Maguire, Rose Anita Lynch, Michael, Jack and Jim Glackin. She is also survived by nieces, nephews and Members of her Congregation, the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Services and interment were private.

Donations may be made in Sister St. Gervase’s name to Saint Joseph Villa, 110 Wissahickon Ave., Flourtown, PA 19031-1898.