Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ligorius Kracinovsky, SCN


Ligorius Kracinovsky, SCN, 91, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Vincentian Nursing Home in Pittsburgh, Pa. She entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from Holy Trinity Parish, Duquesne, Pa., in 1934.

Sister Ligorius received both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Education from Duquesne University and studied at the University of Dayton, Ohio and Brock University in Canada. Sister taught in the Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Johnstown, dioceses in Pennsylvania; in the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio; in the Diocese of Mobile, Alabama, and in the Diocese of St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada. She also served as Principal in the Pittsburgh schools. Her last 22 years were spent ministering at the Vincentian Nursing Home.

Sister Ligorius is survived by one sister, Agnes (Richard) Kosko of Rochester, N.Y.; a brother Bernard of Palm Coast, Fla.; a brother-in-law, Joseph Salay of West Mifflin, Pa.; numerous nieces, nephews, and her Sisters in the Community. Sister was preceded in death by her parents Stephen and Elizabeth; her sisters, Ann Palsha, Helen Mizik, Mary Molanich, Irene Salay, and a brother John.