Sister Anita Maleski, IHM, taught at St. Agnes School, dies at age 75

Sister Anita Maleski, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died March 3 at her home in Dupont, Pa. Sister Anita, who taught at St. Agnes School in Catonsville in the 1970s, was 75.

A native of Avoca, Pa., Sister Anita entered the IHM congregation in September 1963, and made her final profession of vows in August 1971.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in education/general science from what was then Marywood College in Scranton, Pa.; a master’s degree in science/biology from East Carolina University; a master’s degree in nursing from Pace University in New York City, and a master’s degree for family nurse practitioner from Pace.

Sister Anita taught science in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and, from 1973 to 1980, at St. Agnes School in Catonsville.

She was an assistant professor of nursing at Marywood College, 1988-93; a  registered nurse practitioner at the Marian Convent in Scranton, 1988-2005, and at Marywood University and for the IHM Congregation in Scranton, 1993-2012.

Sister Anita served as an English as a Second Language instructor at St. John Neumann Parish in Scranton from 2013 until the time of her death.

Due to restrictions related to the coronavirus, a funeral Mass and graveside service are private. Interment will be at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, Pa.

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