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Sister Marie Cafferty, C.N.D.

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Sister Marie Cafferty, C.N.D., who was a teacher and principal at St. Columba’s School in Manhattan, died Feb. 12 at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn. She was 94.

Sister Marie served at St. Columba as a teacher, 1945-1950, 1952-1957, and as principal, 1967-1972.

She also served in Connecticut, Illinois and Rhode Island.

Born in Providence, R.I., she entered the Congregation of Notre Dame in 1943 and professed final vows in 1949.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College and a master’s from Hunter College.

A Funeral Mass was offered Feb. 16 at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn.

Burial followed at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Danbury, Conn.

Sister Marie Cafferty, C.N.D.