Sister Margaret Mary Kane, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister St. Margaret Mary) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died April 23 at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She was 73.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., she entered the I.H.M. congregation in 1956, and made her temporary profession of vows in 1959 and her final profession in 1964.
Her only teaching assignment in the Diocese of Brooklyn was at Our Lady of Mercy Elementary School, Forest Hills, 1970-75.
She was a certified Montessori teacher in New York and Pennsylvania and served on various diocesan committees and also as a consultant for the Center for Montessori Teacher Education for the State of New York.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated April 29 at the IHM Center, Scranton, Pa.
Sister Margaret Mary was my first grade teacher in 1971. I was a very shy girl but Sister was so kind and gentle, she made it easy for me. I have always kept Sister in my heart through the years. I will never forget her kindness and love.