Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Agnes Mahony CSC

June 1, 1890 – May 10, 1974

South Bend Tribune 5/11/1974

Sister Mary Agnes CSC, 83, of St. Mary’s Convent died Friday evening in the convent after a long illness. She had served in both the academy and college departments at St. Mary’s from 1916 to 1934, and as local superior from 1951 to 1957. She also served as president of St. Mary’s of the Wasatch in Salt Lake City from 1934 to 1945 and as Provincial Superior of the Western Province from 1945 to 1951. She was born June 1, 1890 in Rawlins, Wyo. As Ellen Mahoney. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross at St. Mary’s on Sept. 3, 1914 coming from Rawlins. She earned a AB degree in English from St. Mary’s College in 1911.

Friends may call today until time of services Monday in the convent parlors. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Loretto Church and burial following in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery on the campus.