Sister Mary Sheridan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 74 years, died Feb. 4 at Sacred Heart Convent in Hempstead, L.I.

Sister Mary entered the congregation in 1946 from Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Bedford-Stuyvesant. She earned her bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and her master’s from Hunter/Queens College.

She served at St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1948-52; St. Cecilia, Greenpoint, 1952-53; Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1953-58; Queen of Peace, Kew Gardens, 1958-61; The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, 1961-83; and Sacred Heart H.S., Hempstead, L.I., 1983-2004.

Her funeral Mass took place Feb. 6 at Sacred Heart Chapel in Brentwood. Her burial followed at Calvary Cemetery.