Mary Clarence Kominak, SCN

Mary Clarence Kominak, SCN, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., died at the age of 98 on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sister was in the 84th year of her religious life.

Sister Clarence entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Mary Parish, Brownsville, Pa. She attended St. Francis School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pa., and became a registered nurse in 1939.

Before her nursing career, Sister Clarence taught elementary grades in Youngstown and Struthers, Ohio for several years. As a registered nurse, Sister served at the Motherhouse, Regency Hall Nursing Home, Belvedere Hospital, Vincentian Home and Villa deMarillac Nursing Home all in Pittsburgh, Pa., Holy Ghost Mission, Marbury, Ala., St. Jude Hospital, Montgomery, Ala., Mother Mary Mission, Phenix, Ala., and St. Vincent Hospital in Monett, Mo. Sister Clarence served 17 years at Holy Ghost Mission. Sister Clarence returned to the Motherhouse in 1991 and joined the Prayer Ministry Group. She became a resident of the Vincentian Home in 2003.

Sister Clarence is survived by her sisters in the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The Mass of Christian burial was held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Burial was in the Sisters’ cemetery on the St. Louise convent grounds in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mary Angela Mudd, SCN

Mary Angela Mudd, SCN, 81, formerly Sister Leo Bernadette Mudd, a native of Fredericktown, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on May 24, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 61 years.

Sister Mary Angela served in the apostolate of elementary and secondary education as teacher and principal in Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland. In Bardstown, Sister taught religion and mathematics at Bethlehem High School from 1970-72.

She also served as Coordinator of Religious Education in Holy Trinity Parish, Fredericktown, Ky., from 1972-77; as Archdiocesan Consultant in the RORE offices at Nazareth and Bardstown, Ky., from 1977-83; as Director of Chaplaincy at Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown, Ky., from 1983-95. Sister Mary Angela worked in Healing Care at the Motherhouse and Russell Hall from 1996-2005. Sister became a resident at the Motherhouse in 2005 and was transferred to Nazareth Home in May 2007.

Survivors include a brother, Buddy (Ann) Mudd; two sisters, Margaret (Billy Ray) Edelen; and Rose Marie (Joe Pat) Taylor, all of Bardstown, Ky.; a brother, Randy Mudd and three sisters, Norma (Bill) Mudd, Mary (Joe) Mudd, and Rose (Maurice) Smith all of Springfield, Ky. Sister was preceded in death by her parents, Leo and Bernadette Mudd, and a sister, Dorothy Boone.

Althaire Green, SCN

Althaire Green, SCN, 83, a native of Lebanon, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on May 24, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 64 years.

Sister Althaire served in the apostolate of education on the elementary and collegiate levels in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. She taught biology and related sciences at Spalding University from 1981-92, and from 1993-96.

Survivors include a brother, Thomas Mattingly Green of Mount Vernon, Ill., and three nieces, George Ann Lamb of Crestwood, Ky., Charlotte Vaughn of Corbin, Ky., and Margaret Priola of Birmingham, Ala.

Jean Carmel Howard, SCN

Jean Carmel Howard, SCN, age 97, a native of Whitesville, Ky., died at Flaget Hospital, Bardstown, Ky., on May 13, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 77 years.

Sister served in the apostolate of elementary education in Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia. Sister also served in child care in Memphis, Tenn. In retirement at the Motherhouse, Sister worked in arts and crafts, the Thrift Shop and served in the Apostolate of Prayer.

Survivors include a niece and her husband, Mary and Gordon Faulkner, and a grand-niece, Donna Roby, all of Owensboro, Ky.