Sister Mary Slaymaker, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died July 17 in Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
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She entered the congregation in 1944 from Holy Name parish, Park Slope. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English from Manhattan College, she received a master’s in library science from St. John’s University in 1960; certification in administration from Brooklyn College and a master’s in theology/liturgy from Immaculate Conception Seminary.
She taught at St. James, Downtown Brooklyn, 1945-46; St. John the Evangelist, Park Slope, 1946-49; St. Malachy, East New York, 1949-55; St. Camillus, Rockaway Beach, 1955-56; and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, 1956-59.
On the secondary level, she taught at St. Angela Hall Academy H.S., Clinton Hill, 1959-64; Bishop McDonnell H.S. Annex, Flushing, 1964-65; St. Pascal Baylon H.S., St. Albans, 1965-67; and Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, 1967-70.
She was principal of St. Agnes (DeGraw St.) in Boerum Hill, 1970-77; and St. Bernard, Levittown, L.I., 1977-81.
She also served at Immaculate Conception, Jamaica, 1981-89; Sacred Heart Academy H.S., Hempstead, L.I., 1989-92; Sacred Heart parish, Bayside, 1992-95; and Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, 1995-2011.
In 2011, she retired to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood, and transferred to Maria Regina Residence in 2016.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held July 21. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.