Sister Marie O’Donnell, O.P.

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Sister Marie O’Donnell, O.P., who served for 32 years at Msgr. Scanlan High School in the Bronx, died Sept. 13 in Montefiore Nyack Hospital in Nyack. She was 83.

Sister Marie was a history teacher, assistant administrator and principal at Msgr. Scanlan, 1978-2010.

She was principal of Sacred Heart School, Monroe, 1967-1978, and taught at St. Martin of Tours School, the Bronx, 1962-1967. She also served in upstate Norwich.

Born in Brooklyn, Sister Marie entered the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill in 1952 and professed final vows in 1959.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, and a master’s in history from Manhattan College, the Bronx.

A Funeral Mass was offered Sept. 18 in Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel, Sparkill. Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Sparkill.

Sister Marie O’Donnell, O.P.