Alice Wills, SCN

Alice Wills, SCN, formerly Sister Alice Richard Wills, 94, a native of Dorchester, Mass., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on December 25, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 68 years.

Sister Alice served in the apostolate of elementary education in Tennessee and Massachusetts for 51 years. In retirement, Sister served in the apostolate of prayer.

Survivors include: a sister-in-law, Noreen Wills of Huntington Beach, Calif., and several nieces and nephews.

The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, December 28, 2009 at Nazareth Home at followed by burial in Nazareth Cemetery, Nazareth, KY

Mary Clare Murajda, SCN

Mary Clare Murajda, SCN, age 88, died on December 11, 2009, at 5:15 a.m. At the time of her death Sister was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Nazareth, KY.

Born in Braddock, Penn., Sister Mary Clare entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Michael Parish in 1936 and served God and the Church for 73 years. She attended Duquesne University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree.

During her years in ministry, Sister Mary Clare served as dietician in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Youngstown, Ohio; Allison Park, Penn.; Montgomery, Ala., and the Vincentian Motherhouse, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Sister Mary Clare was preceded in death by her parents, John and Barbara Murajda, brothers, John and Joseph and sisters Margaret and Cecilia. She is survived by two sisters, Emerentiana Matvya of Swissville, Penn., and Frances Skantar of Monroeville, Penn.; and one brother, Frank Murajda, as well as her Sisters in the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.