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| Sister Mary Columbkill |
Ellen Agnes Murray was born on January
09, 1888 in the villiage of Burren, in
the old Parish of Abby, now New-Quay, County Clare, Ireland. She was the daughter of James Murray and Cecilia
Linane. Her name is listed as Helena on
the Register of Baptismal, her Record of Apostolic Services gives her name as
Ellen Murray and her obituary gives her name as Ellen Agnes Murray. As a
nun, she took the name Sister Mary Columbkill.
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| Could this have been in Ireland? |
Ellen Murray arrived in the US on April 17,
1908 from Queenstown. She resided in New York City and in Westchester,
New York prior to entering the Congregation of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross. Her date of entry into the convent was listed
as August 28, 1917 from St. Raphael's Parish in Westchester, NY. She
received her Habit on January 6, 1918 at Saint Mary's Convent in Notre Dame,
Indiana.
Sister Columbkill's Record of Apostolic
Services indicates that she attended school until the sixth grade in Ireland,
she completed secondary school in 1931 at Saint Mary's Convent in Indiana and
was a graduate of Mount Carmel Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus,
Ohio. She studied orthopedics, surgery, and medicine.
Sister Columbkill was visiting her sister,
Julia Murray Moylan, in Ireland when she fell ill and returned to the United
States by plane. She died several weeks later on June 18, 1955 at Mount
Carmel Hospital. Her funeral was attended by many. Honorary
pallbearers included the Governor of Ohio and the Mayor of Columbus. Two
of her obituaries are below.
Sr.
Columbkill Is Dead at 67 At Mt. Carmel
Sister
M. Columbkill, 67, of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, known
to hundreds of patients who received her kindly ministrations at Mt. Carmel
Hospital, died Saturday morning at the hospital where she served for the past 34 years.
She was
stricken several weeks ago while visiting a sister in her native Ireland and
was returned here by plane.
Supervisor
of the medical division at the hospital, Sister Columbkill was greatly beloved
by the many patients who had received her solicitous care, Mother Constantine,
hospital administrator said Saturday.
Born
Ellen Agnes Murray in County Clare, Ireland, the Sister came to Mt. Carmel in
1921 and was a graduate of the Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing.
Surviving,
in addition to her sister in Ireland, are a sister in Dubuque, Iowa, and three
sisters in New York City.
Omission
of flowers has been requested.
Columbus
Dispatch June 18, 1955
Requiem
Mass Is Offered for Sr. Columbkill
Bishop
Ready presided at a Solemn Requiem Mass Tuesday in St. Joseph Cathedral for
Sister Mary Columbkill, C. S. C., supervisor of the medical division at Mount
Carmel Hospital, who died Saturday.
The
Mass was offered by Monsignor John W. Kerrigan, chaplain of Mount Carmel Hospital.
Father Hugh Murphy and Father Thomas Sabrey served as deacon and subdeacon,
respectively.
The
Bishop gave final absolution and spoke briefly, lauding Sister’s work for the
Church and the community in her 34 years of labor at Mt. Carmel.
Active
pallbearers were Doctors Michael Anthony, Perry Ayres, Robert Murnane, Carey
Paul, Alexander Pollock, and William Sparling.
Honorary
pallbearers were Governor Lausche, Mayor Sensenbrenner, Norman Altman, Ben
Arnoff, H. O. Bratton, Thomas J. Carroll, John D. Connor, Wilby S. Cowan, Andre
Crotti, Robert Daly, H. B. Davidson, Frank Dunbar, E. H. Echenrode, John
Falter, Huston Fulton, Paul Gingher, Col. Chester W. Goble, David Graham, E. W.
Harris, Fred R. Hearn, James Henry, Fred Jones, Phillip T. Kniez, Henry Lacey,
Charles Lazarus, Robert Lazarus, Dalton Maloney, Thomas J. Murnane, J. Real
Neth, Dr. Clark Pritchett, Philip Reed, Harrison Sayre, C. C. Sherburne, James
W. Shocknessy, E. J. Stedhem, Dr. Wells Technor, and Dr. Judson Wilson.
Sister
Columbkill, 67, a native of County Clare, Ireland came to this country shortly
before entering St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Novitiate for the Holy
Cross Sisters, Notre Dame, Ind., in 1918.
In 1921 Sister came to Mount Carmel.
Sister
was a graduate of the Mount Carmel School of Nursing and studied orthopedics,
surgery and medicine.
Her
kindness and generosity won for her hundreds of friends throughout the
diocese.
She was
stricken several weeks ago while visiting a sister in Ireland and was flown
home. In addition to her sister in Ireland, she is survived by a sister in
Dubuque, Ia., and three sisters in New York City.
Burial
was in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Catholic
Times, June 24, 1955
Diana
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