SISTER MARY VINCETTA SCANLON

SISTER MARY VINCETTA SCANLON 89, a Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Saint Anne Villa, Convent Station, NJ. The wake for Sister Mary Vincetta Scanlon will be held in Saint Anne Villa, Convent Station, NJ, from 2:00-5:30 pm on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 6 p.m. Burial will be on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 in Holy Family Cemetery, Convent Station, at 10 am. Funeral arrange- ments are under the direction of S.J. Priola Parsippany Funeral Service. For more information, please visit their website at: www.parsippanyfuneral.com. Sister Mary Vincetta was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of James & Elizabeth (OBrien) Scanlon. Sister Mary Vincetta served in the United States Marine Corps before entering the Sisters of Charity. She entered the Sisters of Charity on March 24, 1948 and was a member for 65 years. She graduated from the College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ with a B.S. degree in Business Administration and from Seton Hall University with a Masters in Business Administration. Sister Mary Vincetta served as an educator and as a business administrator in the states of New Jersey and Florida. In Florida, she was a teacher at St. Joseph School, Pensacola. In New Jersey, she was a teacher at St. Marys Elementary School, Dumont; served in the Treasurers office, Convent of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station; and in the business office in St. Josephs Hospital & Medical Center, Paterson. She became Provincial secretary and treasurer in the Western Provincial House, Paterson. Sister Mary Vincetta then became principal at St. Nicholas School, Passaic. She was a teacher and resource person at Assumption/All Saints, Jersey City. She moved to Saint Anne Villa, Convent Station, NJ in 2003 where she resided until her death. She is survived by the Sisters of Charity; her cousins, Barbara & Russ Yoho, Atkinson, NH, Kathleen & Dave Kinsella, New Lenox, IL, and Dotti and Ron Narcisi, Crete, IL; a niece, Maureen Miller-Jones, Marston Mills, MA; a nephew, James Scanlon; and a grandniece and grandnephew. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Sisters of Charity Development Fund, P.O. Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961-0476 would be greatly appreciated.