Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Denise Tormey CSC

1843 – Mar. 7, 1913

South Bend Tribune 3/8/1913

Sister Mary Denise, CSC, whose worldly name was Mary Tormey, died at Notre Dame last night at 6 o’clock following an illness of 1 days with pneumonia. Before entering St. Mary’s convent and academy in 1872,taking her vows two years later, Sister Denise was a school teacher in Niles, Mich. She was born in Ireland in 1843. Nearly all her life as a nun was spent at St. Mary’s convent. She is survived by a brother in Madison, Wis., and two nephews, Thomas and John Malley, and a niece, Mary Maley, all of Mishawaka.

South Bend Tribune 3/10/1913

The funeral of Sister Mary Denise, who died at Notre Dame Infirmary Friday evening occurred at the convent chapel, Sunday morning at 9 o’clock. Rev. Father McManns assisted by a number of other clergy officiating. Internment at St. Mary’s community cemetery.

Sister Denise’s worldly name was Anna Tormey. She was born in Ireland in 1843 and before ectering the convent was a teacher at Niles, Mich. she is survived by a twin brother, Thomas S. Tormey, of Madiscon, Wis., and his family, by her sister’s children, Thomas, William and Mary E. Lally of Mishawaka and by her brother’s family, Attorney Luke Tormey, Mrs. Minnie Kern, Mrs. John Jauch, of Niles. Thomas Tormey, of Buchanan Heral and Mrs. Samuel Finch of Mishawaka. She was a cousin of Monsignor Mooney of New York; Bishop Gibney of Perth, Australia; Rev. Patrick Gibney of Portland, Ore., and the late Rev. Luke Tormey of Auburn, Calif.