Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister M. Hilary Farrelly CSC

Aug. 30, 1903 – Dec. 31, 1988

South Bend Tribune 1/1/1989

Sister M. Hilary Farrelly CSC, 85, of Saint Mary’s Convent died at 2:30 p.m. at the residence after a long illness. Born Genevieve Farrelly on Aug. 30, 1903, in Chicago, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, St. Mary’s on July 5, 1924, coming from Chicago. Received as a novice Jan. 6, 1925, she made her profession of vows Jan. 6, 1927. She graduated from St. Mary’s College in 1924, receiving a bachelor of science degree in nutrition; in 1938 she received her diploma in nursing from Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio; and her master of science degree in Nursing Education from the Catholic University of America in 1945.

She was assigned to Mount Carmel Hospital in 1931, where she served as dietitian from 1931 to 1936; after completing her nursing education, she served as director of the School of Nursing from 1936 to 1946, when she was assigned as administrator of Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, until 1961. Elected as first General Councilor from 1961 to 1967, she then served as administrator of Saint Alphonsus Hospital, Boise, Idaho, for one year. In 1968 she returned to Saint Mary’s Convent and served as Religious Superior from 1968 to 1985. Returning to Mount Carmel Hospital, she served in the Pastoral Care Department until 1980, when due to failing health, she returned to reside in St. Mary’s Convent.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Loretto Church, with internment in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, St. Mary’s. Friends may call today and Monday in St. Mary’s Convent Parlors, where a wake service will be at 7 p.m. today.