Obituaries
Read the most recent obituaries of our Sisters who have passed. Feel free to share a comment or memory or donate in her memory.
Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ
Sister Leonella Gingenbach, SSJ, age 88, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on February 3, 2017. She was in the 66th year of her religious life. Sister Leonella was born in Erie, Pa. on March 3, 1928, the daughter of the late Chester and Leona (Fox) Gingenbach. She entered the Sisters…
Ann Louis Grandinetti, SSJ
Sister Ann Louis Grandinetti, SSJ, 78, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on June 15, 2016. She was in her 59th year of religious life. Sister was born on March 13, 1938 in Bradford, PA the daughter of the late Louis and Joanne Curcio Grandinetti. She entered the Sisters of St.…
Antonia Domeracki, SSJ
Sister Antonia Domeracki, SSJ, age 94, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on May 6, 2016. She was in the 76nd year of her religious life. Born in Village Little Hope, Pennsylvania, on January 28, 1922, the daughter of the late Anthony and Frances Wisniewski Domeracki, she entered the Sisters of…
MARY IRENE LUNGER, SSJ
Mary Irene Lunger, SSJ, age 80, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on February 16, 2016. She was in the 63rd year of her religious life. She was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania on December 20, 1935, the daughter of the late Irven and Bertha Lunger. She entered the Sisters of St.…
MARGARET JOSEPH MOKES, SSJ
Margaret Joseph Mokes, SSJ, age 87, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on February 16, 2016. She was in the 67th year of her religious life. She was born in Kingston, PA, on May 30, 1928, the daughter of the late Albert and Margaret (Ring) Mokes. She entered the Sisters of…
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