Sister Dorothy Yancey, O.S.P., dies at 95

A funeral Mass for Oblate Sister of Providence Dorothy Yancey was offered Aug. 22 at the Oblate Sisters of Providence motherhouse in Arbutus. Sister Dorothy died Aug. 13. She was 95.

Born in Philadelphia, Sister Dorothy was one of 17 children. She entered the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1948.

In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Sister Dorothy taught at St. Pius V School in Harlem Park from 1951 to 1955. Elsewhere, she served in Michigan, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.

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