Obituaries

Sister Mary Elizabeth Marciano, O.Carm.

OBIT-SrMEMarcianoOCarmSister Mary Elizabeth Marciano, O.Carm., a member of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, Germantown, N.Y., for 49 years, died Jan. 7. She was 66.

Born in Brooklyn, she entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1966 and took her final vows on June 28, 1975. Her first mission was St. Joseph’s Manor, Trumbull, Conn., 1969-79, where she served while earning her master’s in social work at the University of Connecticut.

After serving as her congregation’s vocation director, 1979-91, she was assigned to administrative positions at Ozanam Hall, Bayside, 1991- 2006, Teresian House, Albany, 2007- 10, and St. Patrick’s Manor/Carmel Terrace, Framingham, Mass., 2010-13.

Since 2013, she has assisted in social work training at Mary Manning Walsh Home, Manhattan, in the Social Service Department.

A Mass of Christian Burial in the Holy Family Chapel at Mary Manning Walsh Home, Jan. 12.

Internment followed at the Sisters’ cemetery in Germantown.