Sister Marion Jagiello, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 66 years, died at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Mass., April 9. She was 85.

Formerly known as Sister James Marie, she taught fourth through seventh grades at St. Sebastian School in Woodside, 1947-58; was a biology teacher at Bishop Reilly H.S., Fresh Meadows, 1962-66; and served as religious education director and pastoral associate at St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, 1995-2002.

She tutored English as a Second Language (ESL) students at the Maura Clarke-Ita Ford Center in Bushwick, 2000-02.

She also ministered in Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Seton Hall in Patchogue and St. Aidan’s, Williston Park. She retired to Mt. St. Vincent, Wellesley, Mass., in 2002.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Mt. St. Vincent April 13. Interment followed in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham, Mass.