Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sister M. Emelita O’Shaughnessy CSC
Feb. 22, 1883 – Mar. 17, 1970
Sister M. Emelita O’Shaughnessy CSC,
87, of Saint Mary’s Convent, died at 12:50 a.m. today in the
convent after a short illness. Born Brigid O’Shaughnessy on
Feb. 22, 1883, in County Limerick, Ireland, she came to the
United States in 1907, and entered the Congregation of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross that same year. She made her final
profession of vows in 1909 at St. Mary’s. She was a
housekeeper and sacristan at the College and Academy of St. Mary’s
of the Wastach in Salt Lake City. She is survived by a sister, Sister
M. Cataldus CSC of Ventura, Calif.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today in
the convent. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the
Church of Loretto, with burial in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery,
both on the campus.