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Sister Martha Cummings, S.C.

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Sister Martha Cummings, S.C., who was an elementary school teacher and then a nurse, died Feb. 16 at Mary the Queen Convent, Yonkers. She was 76.

She taught at St. Raymond’s, the Bronx, 1958-1961, and Sacred Heart, Manhattan, 1961-1966. She taught at St. Barnabas Elementary, the Bronx, 1966-1971, and was assistant principal there, 1971-1979.

She became a practical nurse and worked at the Hospital for Special Surgery, 1980-1981. She went on to become a registered nurse and served at Bellevue Hospital, 1983-1996.

She ministered at Mary the Queen Convent as assistant administrator, 1996-1998, and administrator, 1998-2004. She was administrator at St. Martin DePorres Infirmary for the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, 2004-2014.

Born in New York City, she entered the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1955 and professed final vows in 1963. She was formerly known as Sister James Carmita.

She earned a master’s degree in American history from Manhattan College, a nursing degree from Edna McConnell Clark School of Nursing, and a master’s in health administration from Long Island University.

A Funeral Mass was offered Feb. 19 at the Convent of Mary the Queen. Burial was at the sisters’ cemetery at Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx.

Sister Martha Cummings, S.C.