Sister M. Ruth
Dolores, 80, of St. Maty’s Convent died there Friday
morning after a lengthy illness. Bor Agnes Josephine Connelly
on Oct. 6, 1896 in Salamanca, N.Y., she entered the Congregation
of the Sisters of the Holy Cross on July 3, 1920 after coming
from New York. She was received as a novice on Jan. 6, 1921 and
made her profession of vows on Aug. 15, 1923. She was assigned to
teaching in the colleges and high scools conducted by the order,
including St. Mary’s College from 1922 to 1925. Upon her
retirement in 1960 she was librarian for St. Mary’s Convent.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the
Church of Our Lady of Loretto, with burial in Our Lady of Peace
Cemetery. Friends may call in the convent parlors, where a rosary
will be recited at 7:15 p.m. today.