Sister Marcella Roeger, O.P.

Sister Marcella Roeger, O.P.

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Sister Marcella Roeger, O.P., who taught at St. Christopher’s School in Red Hook, died Aug. 19 in Siena Hall Infirmary in Sparkill. She was 83.

She taught at St. Christopher’s in 1971 but spent most of her career as an educator in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Born in St. Louis, she entered the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill in 1947 and professed final vows in 1954. She held a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Webster College in St. Louis.

Her sister, Helen Gummersbach, survives her. A Funeral Mass was offered in Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel at the Dominican Convent in Sparkill on Aug. 23. Burial followed there at St. Agnes Cemetery.

Sister Marcella Roeger, O.P.