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Sister Helen Marie Kenny, M.M.,

Sister Helen Marie Kenny, M.M., who was a Maryknoll Sister for 70 years and who attended high school at St. Agnes Academy in College Point, died on Jan. 4 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 88.

She graduated from St. Agnes in 1949 and entered the novitiate that year. She professed her first vows in 1952 and final vows in 1955. She served for many years as a nurse and administrator in Hong Kong. She earned a bachelor’s of science degree from Villanova University and a master’s in nursing administration from Columbia University.

Her funeral Mass was held on Jan. 8 at the Chapel of the Annunciation at the Maryknoll Sisters Center. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.