Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Mary Cecilia Cruickshank, MM

A telephone call from Sister Mary Rosalia, from Hong Kong brought us news of Sister Mary Cecilia Cruickshank’s death on May 13. Sister had always cherished a hope of dying on the missions, and her wish came true! At 8:30...

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Sister Mary Blanche Cronin, MM

Early Wednesday evening, August 17, a telephone call from Sister Miriam David, from Honolulu, brought the unexpected news of the death of Sister Mary Blanche, earlier in the day. This sudden call of God, came as a great shock to...

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Sister Mary Ambrose Crawford, MM

For many months, Sister Mary Ambrose had been looking forward to celebrating her ninetieth birthday, October 28th, with her Sisters at Bethany. There were secret plans to make this a very “special” day for Sister;...

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Sister M. Jerome Coxen, MM

At this tine of Advent – a time of awaiting the coming of the Messiah – our Sister Jerome need wait no longer. On December 3, 1987, at 1:35 a.m., Sister Mary Jerome Coxen died at Phelps Medical Hospital. Sister’s...

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Sister Mary Jean Dicks, MM

Sister Mary Jean Dicks died on June 6, 1960. She was 59 years old and a Maryknoll Sister for 37 years. Rose (Mary Jean) was born on July 12, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois to Rosa (Haag) and Emil Dicks. She had two half brothers, a...

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