Sister Anita Maria O’Dwyer, SSJ
Sister Anita Maria O’Dwyer SSJ, age 87, died on March 24, 2025, at Saint Joseph Villa.
The daughter of the late John and Catherine (nee Miller) O’Dwyer she attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Grade School and Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Newark, NJ.
In September 1955 she entered the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Chestnut Hill, and professed her final vows in 1963.
Sister Anita ministered in the dioceses of Camden, Charlotte, NC., Newark and Philadelphia.
She is preceded in death by her brothers John and William O’Dwyer. She is survived by her brother Robert (Bonnie), her nieces, nephews, great nieces, great-nephews, and members of her Congregation the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia.
Visitation by relatives and friends will begin at 9:30 am on Monday, March 31, 2025, at Saint Joseph Villa in Flourtown. A Mass will follow at 10:30 AM. Services will be live-streamed from the Saint Joseph Villa website www.stjosephvilla.org.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Sister’s name to Saint Joseph Villa, 110 W. Wissahickon Ave, Flourtown, Pa 19031.
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