Presentation Sister Anna Farragher, 100

Sister Anna Farragher,100


    Sister Anna Farragher, 100, formerly known as Sister Mary Bernard, of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary died June 6, at St. Patrick Manor in Framingham.
    Sister Anna was born in Clinton on Jan. 27, 1919, a daughter of Matthew and Ellen (Kerrigan) Farragher.
    She was a 1936 graduate of Clinton High School, Clinton, and entered the Sisters of the Presentation on Feb. 2, 1937, professing her final vows in 1942.
She received a bachelors' degree in education from Catholic Teachers' College in Rhode Island in 1951 and a masters' degree in education from Boston College in 1957. She was certified as an elementary school principal, secondary English and social studies teacher and a religious education teacher.
    Sister's teaching career included Presentation schools in Leominster, Fitchburg and Clinton, and Central Falls, Warwick and Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Riverside and Stamford Connecticut. She was also involved in International Homecare Services and Catholic Charities from 1985-1995 when she retired.
    Besides her Presentation Community, Sister Anna leaves many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
    She was predeceased by two sisters, Rita Camara and Ella Farragher and two brothers, Matthew and James.
    Her funeral will be celebrated on Monday, June 10, with a Mass at 11 a.m. in Presentation Convent Chapel, 99 Church St., Leominster. Burial will follow in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Fitchburg.
    Calling hours will be held in the convent chapel on Sunday, June 9,   from 5-7pm with a prayer pervice at 6 p.m.
    In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Presentation Retirement Fund, 99 Church St. Leominster, MA 01453. The Curley Marchand Funeral Home, 89 West St. Leominster, directed arrangements.