Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister M. Gerald Hartney CSC

Feb. 24, 1910 - Sept. 10, 2008

South Bend Tribune 9/14/2008
SOUTH BEND - Sister M. Gerald (Maura Josephine Hartney) CSC, 98, was born in Limerick, Ireland, daughter of the late Michael J. Hartney and Margaret Glynn Hartney. Sister Gerald was the older of the two Hartney daughters. Margaret (Franz) Forrester predeceased her. Sister is survived by her nephews, Franz Alexander Forrester, England, and Franz Robert Forrester, Brazil; niece, Sonia Forrester, Zimbabwe Africa; and cousins, Bridget Murphy, Limerick Ireland and Robert Murphy, New Jersey. Sister Gerald was educated in schools in Limerick Ireland and had advanced level classes at Limerick Municipal Institute. She became proficient as a typist and clerk. Sister entered the congregation of the sisters of the Holy Cross in 1929, and taught at St. Theodore's, Chicago, IL. Her next assignment was as the accountant, Deming, NM, and her career in accounting took off. Sister Gerald had a remarkable career in her long lifetime. She was a co-founder of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She received two honorary degrees; MS from Dunbarton College, Washington DC and LLD from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame. In 2002 the American College of Health Care Executives Congress inducted Sister into the Health Care Hall of Fame for her accounting abilities and stewardship. Sister was general treasurer for the congregation for 17 years and resource person for Dioceses and religious orders. Sister was active in the Ministry of prayer until her death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry with the Poor Fund, Saint Mary's Notre Dame, IN 46556.

Reception of the Body and Wake services will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 in Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary's Notre Dame, IN. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 in Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary's Notre Dame