Sister Nancy Crossen, O.S.F., dies at 94 February 8, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Nancy Crossen will be offered Feb. 14 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Nancy (formerly Sister Mark Francis) died Feb. 7. She was 94 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 74 years. Born in McKeesport, Pa., Sister Nancy entered the congregation in 1946 and professed her first vows in 1949. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education/mathematics from was is now Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Delaware. Sister Nancy ministered for 23 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, teaching at St. Anthony School in Baltimore, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex and The Catholic High School of Baltimore. She also served for 16 years as the coordinator of ministries at the congregation’s provincial residence in Baltimore. Elsewhere, Sister Nancy ministered in Delaware, New Jersey, Alabama and South Carolina. Also see Sister Mary Louise Zollars, who ministered to poor of Baltimore, dies at 91 Deacon Coster, who served two decades in Westminster, dies at 91 Sister Peggy Mathewson, nursing supervisor for Sisters of Bon Secours, dies at age 82 Sister Margaret McCabe, mental health advocate, dies at 80 Sister Anne Marie Mack, past president of the Sisters of Bon Secours USA, dies at 76 Father Byron, former economics professor at Loyola University Maryland, recalled as ‘visionary leader’ Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media Print
Father Byron, former economics professor at Loyola University Maryland, recalled as ‘visionary leader’