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Sister Jean Snyder, M.M.

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Sister Jean Snyder, M.M., who served at Maryknoll Sisters Center for nine years, died Jan. 28 at Maryknoll Sisters Center, Ossining. She was 91.

Sister Jean served at Maryknoll, 1992-1996 and 1976-1981. She served in the nursing home and in the research and planning department, and was a member of the sisters center council.

Sister Jean also served in the Philippines, Hawaii, Missouri and Pennsylvania before retiring in 1997 and returning to take residence at Maryknoll in 2000.

Born in Reading, Pa., she entered the Maryknoll Sisters Novitiate in 1956 and professed final vows in 1965.

She received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Bucknell University.

She is survived by a stepsister, Jean Nonemaker.

A Funeral Mass was offered Feb. 3 in Main Chapel at Maryknoll. Burial followed in Maryknoll Sisters Cemetery.

Sister Jean Snyder, M.M.