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Sr Mary Lucina “Esther” Gray

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Sr Mary Lucina “Esther” Gray

Birth
Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Death
7 Dec 1956 (aged 92)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 6, Lot 67-71, Block 1, Grave 47
Memorial ID
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Esther Gray was born to Peter and Julia (Duffy Kelly) Gray, in Waukegan, Illinois. She had three siblings: Alice Agnes, Margaret Amanda, and twin sister Teresa Julia Gray, as well as, seven half-siblings from the first marriage of her mother.

She was Christened on March 28, 1864, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church located in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois.

On March 19, 1887, Esther entered the St. Xavier Academy where she became a Catholic Nun. She took on the name of Sister Mary Lucina Gray when she joined her Order, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

Sister Mary Lucina was first assigned to St. Xavier Convent in 1889, and then to Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, where she remained for the remainder of her service to the Order.

(A special thank you to Findagrave user LMS who had first documented Esther's final resting place and so graciously permitted our family memorial to take precedence.)
Esther Gray was born to Peter and Julia (Duffy Kelly) Gray, in Waukegan, Illinois. She had three siblings: Alice Agnes, Margaret Amanda, and twin sister Teresa Julia Gray, as well as, seven half-siblings from the first marriage of her mother.

She was Christened on March 28, 1864, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church located in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois.

On March 19, 1887, Esther entered the St. Xavier Academy where she became a Catholic Nun. She took on the name of Sister Mary Lucina Gray when she joined her Order, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

Sister Mary Lucina was first assigned to St. Xavier Convent in 1889, and then to Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, where she remained for the remainder of her service to the Order.

(A special thank you to Findagrave user LMS who had first documented Esther's final resting place and so graciously permitted our family memorial to take precedence.)


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  • Created by: n2it
  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188232378/mary_lucina-gray: accessed ), memorial page for Sr Mary Lucina “Esther” Gray (27 Mar 1864–7 Dec 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 188232378, citing Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by n2it (contributor 49249641).