Miriam P. Scully

85, formerly of the Green Ridge area of Scranton, died on Monday, at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center, Worcester, MA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Timothy H. Scully, former Chairman of the History and Political Science Department of the University of Scranton. Born in Melrose, MA, daughter of the late Ralph T. and Frances Mutty Pierce, Miriam was valedictorian of her graduating class at Melrose High School, and graduated from St. Elizabeth's School of Nursing, Brighton, MA. She served in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, where she was honored along with her fellow nurses at Arlington National Cemetery. Her professional career included service as a private duty nurse, lead instructor for the Nurses Aide Program for the Scranton State General Hospital and Risk Manager at the Scranton State General Hospital. After raising her four children, Miriam graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Scranton in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work. She was a past member of the Saint Andrea Society, past president of the University of Scranton Wives Club, and past president of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, a society whose ancestors arrived in the Colonial United States in 1600s. She was a member of St. Clares Church and their Altar and Rosary Society. The family would especially like to thank the staff of the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center for caring for Miriam with such love, sensitivity and dignity. Surviving are two sons Timothy H. Jr., and his wife Marian Cassette Scully, Falls Church, VA, and Stephen M., D.C. and his companion Kim Parks, Los Angeles, CA; two daughters Anne Wettengel and husband, Philip, Worcester, MA, and Kathleen Chickson, and husband James, Scranton; six grandchildren, Kara, James and his wife Laura, and Douglas Chickson; Matthew Scully; Philip and Elizabeth Wettengel; and great grandson, Alex Timothy Chickson. Also surviving are two sisters Priscilla McNally, Norwood, MA, and Estelle Van Sant, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; two brothers, Dana C. Pierce, Melrose, MA, and the Very Rev. John F. Pierce, O.F.M, Butler, NJ and several nieces & nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Ralph Pierce. The funeral will be Thursday at 9am from the McGoff-Hughes Funeral Home, Inc., 1401 Capouse Ave., Scranton, PA 18509, with Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30am in St. Clare's Church, 2301 N. Washington Ave. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 4-7 pm. Memorial contributions can be made to the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center East Wing, 559 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01605 or the Scully Scholars Educational Fund, c/o Univ. of Scranton, Scranton, PA.