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Sister Elizabeth Gaynor RSM

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Age 89

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Sister Elizabeth (Betty) Gaynor, RSM, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, at The Meadows Skilled Nursing Center in Dallas.

Born in Philadelphia, Sister Betty was the daughter of Elizabeth Sweeney and James Gaynor. She entered the...

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Sister Betty and I grew up next door to each other in Philadelphia. We reconnected in Dallas and were volunteers together at Mercy Center sixty years later! Sister Betty was a ray of sunshine to the residents and we who worked with her. A little known fact: Sister was May Queen when she was in eight grade at Saint Barnabas. I have a picture of her in her crown.

As a new teacher in 1976 at St. Nicholas/St. Mary's, Sr. Elizabeth was my mentor, teaching me many classroom management skills involving 2nd grade.She was kind, extremely helpful and my inspiration. I used her ideas during my 30+ years of my teaching career in Catholic education. May she rest in eternal peace.