Obituaries
Sister Theresa Regina Steiner, I.H.M.
Sister Theresa Regina Steiner, I.H.M., formerly Lorraine Theresa Steiner, died May 19 in Camilla Hall in the 65th year of her religious life. She was 82 years old. Born in Norristown, Sister Theresa entered the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1947 from St. Patrick Parish in Norristown and […]
Sister Mary Ann Shambo, O.S.F.
Sister Mary Ann Shambo, O.S.F., formerly Sister Judith Marie, 78, died April 19 in Assisi House. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 55 years. Sister Mary Ann was born in Stiles, Pa., and she entered the congregation in 1953 and professed her first vows in 1956. […]
Sister Loretta Marie Schultz, S.S.N.D.
Sister Loretta Marie Schultz, S.S.N.D., a lifelong educator who taught primary and secondary grades in schools throughout the Mid-Atlantic for more than 50 years, died April 22 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore, Md. She was 90 years old and had been a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 68 […]
Sister M. Blandina O’Neill, S.S.J.
Sister M. Blandina O’Neill, S.S.J., formerly Mary M. O’Neill, died May 3 at the age of 95. Sister Blandina was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Thomas and Mary McGinty O’Neill. Sister Blandina entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in Philadelphia on Jan. 6, 1935. She served in the Archdioceses […]
Sister Kathleen O’Neill, S.H.C.J.
Sister Kathleen O’Neill, S.H.C.J., who was a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 63 years, died April 2 at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. She was 84. Born in Philadelphia, Sister Kathleen entered the congregation in 1945 and became known by her former religious name, Mother Mary Agatha. Sister Kathleen held a bachelor’s degree from […]
Sister Marie Kathryn Naab, S.C.H.J.
Sister Marie Kathryn Naab, S.C.H.J., who was a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 66 years, died at Holy Child Center in Rosemont on June 12. She was 93. Born in Philadelphia, Sister Marie Kathryn graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic Girls High School in 1937, entered the Convent of the Sisters of the Holy […]
Sister Kathleen McPeak, S.S.J.
Sister Kathleen McPeak, S.S.J., formerly Sister Miriam Therese, died June 4 at the age of 88. Sister Kathleen was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of John and Margaret Trollan-McPeak. Sister Kathleen entered the Sisters of St. Joseph from Nativity B.V.M. Parish in Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 1944. She served in the Archdioceses of Philadelphia, Newark, […]
Sister Margaret Aloysius McGrail, O.S.F.
Sister Margaret Aloysius McGrail, O.S.F., 87, died May 2 in Assisi House. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 63 years. Sister Margaret Aloysius was born Jean Agnes McGrail in Baltimore, Md., where she was a member of the Shrine of the Little Flower Parish and a […]
Sister Brigid Marie Mcllearney, S.B.S.
Sister Brigid Marie Mcllearney, S.B.S., died May 8 at St. Michael Hall, the motherhouse in Bensalem. She was born Veronica Bernice in Toronto, Canada, on Dec. 11, 1922. Sister Brigid entered the convent in 1944. In 1945, she became a novice and was given the name, Sister Mary Brigid Marie. She made her first vows […]
Father William J. Lynch, S.J.
Father William J. Lynch, S.J., a Jesuit for 76 years, died June 10 in Mooresville, N.C., where he had served at St. Therese Catholic Church for 20 years. Father Lynch, who was 94, spent more than 20 years at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia. The son of Margaret Kearney and William J. Lynch of […]