Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sister Maria Renalta Daily CSC
May 9, 1903 – Mar. 5, 1993
South Bend Tribune 3/7/1993
Sister Maria Renalta Daily CSC, 89,
of Saint Mary’s Convent, died at 9:15 a.m. Friday in her
residence, She was born May 9, 1903 in Chicago as Mary Helen
Daily. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy
Cross at St. Mary’s, on Feb. 6, 1926; was received as a
novice Aug. 15, 1926; and professed her final vows on Aug.
151928. She was assigned to teaching in secondary schools,
and taught in Woodstock, Ill.; Morris, Ill. St. Joseph Academy
and St. Hedwig School, both in South Bend. She was president of
Saint Mary’s College from 1961 to 1965, and director of
development from 1965 to 1968. She was professor of History at
Cardinal Cushing College in Brookline, Mass. from 1968 to 1972;
and did historical research and writing until 1972. She was a
graduate of St. Mary’s College and the University of Notre
Dame.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
Church of Our Lady of Loretto, with burial in Our Lady of Peace
Cemetery, both at St. Mary’s. Friends may call after 3 p.m.
Monday in the convent parlors, where a wake will be at 7 p.m.