Sister Joan Cooper, O.S.F., dies at 94 March 21, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Joan Cooper will be offered at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., March 27. Sister Joan died March 18. She was 94 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for more than 72 years. Sister Joan was born in Philadelphia and entered the congregation in 1948, professing her first vows in 1951. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Villanova University and master’s degree in secondary education and English from St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia. Sister Joan taught at Immaculate Conception School in Towson (1948-49). Elsewhere, she served in the Archdiocese of Washington and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Read More Obituaries Deacon William Fallon, active in parish and prison ministry, dies at 82 Baltimore native Conventual Franciscan Brother Gerry Seipp, dies at 80 Sister Margaret Bauer, SSND, beloved former Frederick County teacher, dies at 104 Daughter of Charity Sister Maria Gnerro dies at 92 Father William Warman Jr. dies at 85 Bishop Lewandowski’s mother, Frances, dies at 79 Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media Print