Obituaries

Sister Theresa Ann McElroy, I.H.M.

Sister Theresa Ann

Sister Theresa Ann McElroy, I.H.M., 87, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died Oct. 6 at the Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa.

She entered the congregation on Sept. 7, 1948, and made her final profession on Aug. 2, 1954.

Formerly known as Sister M. Louisa, she taught locally at St. Ephrem School, Dyker Heights, 1951-52, and was a parish minister at St. Gertrude Church, Far Rockaway, 1984-85.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Oct. 10 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. Burial followed at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, Pa.