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Archives Funeral held July 11 for Sr. Sheila Jane Moran, SSJ

July 20, 2016

WATERTOWN – A Mass of Christian Burial for St. Joseph Sister Sheila Jane Moran, 70, was held July 11 at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse. She died July 8 at Samaritan Medical Center.

Born Jan. 24, 1946, in Potsdam, the daughter of William and Dorothy Stacey Moran, she attended St. Patrick's School, Brasher Falls and graduated from Holy Family High School, Massena in 1964. She earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in Secondary English Education from SUNY Potsdam.

Sister Sheila Jane entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on September 4, 1970. Sister Sheila attended Fordham University, Manhattan, taking courses in the Non-Public School Administrator Program.

Sister Sheila Jane taught in the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Ogdensburg at Holy Family School, Watertown; Bishop Smith School, Malone; St. Joseph's School, Dannemora; St. Augustine's School, Peru; Sacred Heart School, Watertown; and Holy Name School, AuSable Forks.

She was principal at Bishop Smith's School and facilitated the consolidation process of Bishop Smith School and Notre Dame School in Malone which became Holy Family School and became the first principal of the new consolidated school.

Sister Sheila was also principal at for one year at Sacred Heart School in Watertown.

Sister Sheila served as parish administrator for St. Helen's Church, Chasm Falls; St. Mary's Church, Lake Titus; and St. Joseph's Church, Owls Head and was pastoral delegate at St. Augustine's Church, North Bangor.

Sister Sheila established and chaired the pastoral finance council at St. Helen's Church, Chasm Falls and St. Augustine's Church, North Bangor. She was a member of the parish councils in the parishes she served. 

Sister Sheila was involved in Communities That Care (CTC) in Malone and was vice-president of the Holy Family School Education Council, Malone.

Sister Sheila was a member of the steering committee for reconfiguration of the Malone parishes.

She served as the First Councilor of the Sisters of St. Joseph Council and was a member of the Diocese of Ogdensburg Planning Committee to plan for parish life coordinators in the parishes of the Diocese of Ogdensburg.   

Due to health issues, Sister Sheila retired to the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Joseph in 2010.

Surviving are a sister, Virginia Jones, Cortland, NY; her nieces Sheila (Jeffrey) Guido, and their children Joseph, Michael, Madelynmae and Laura (Russell) Townsend, and their children, Nate and Maia.

Donations may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, 1425 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601.


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