Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Leonidas Rooney CSC

1861 – Oct. 14, 1939

South Bend Tribune 10/15/1939

Sister Leonidas CSC, 78, of St. Mary’s College, died Saturday in the college infirmary.

South Bend Tribune 10/17/1939

The funeral of Sister Leonidas CSC, 78, of St. Mary’s College, took place at 11 a.m. Monday. She was born in Ireland in 1861. She taught for 10 years in New York City; later in Danville, Ill.; Logansport; and Austin, Tex., where she was in charge of a mission school. She came to St. Mary’s College three years ago.

Editor: From St. Mary’s archives her baptismal name was Sarah Rooney.