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September 11, 2019 Standard Speaker
Sister M. Ruth (Dorothy) Zacharias (Moisey) of the School Sisters of St. Francis United
States Province, in her 65 years of Religious Profession, died Wednesday at st. Francis
Convent in Bethlehem. She was 90 years old.
Sister entered from St. Michael Parish in Tresckow and professed first vows in 1954 at
Mount Assisi Convent in Pittsburgh. She earned a bachelor's degree in elementary
education from Holy Family College in Philadelphia.
Sister taught. at various elementary schools in Massachusetts, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania and ministered in the office at St. Mary School in Closter, N.J. for five
years. For the past 15 years, Sister Ruth was committed to prayer ministry and
community service, as her health permitted.
Sister Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Moises and Anna (Ziaji)
Zacharias; her brothers, Steve, Michael, Andrew, Peter, Joseph and John Moisey;
and her sisters, Ann Talarico, Mary Bruno and Margaret Zurenda. She is
survived by her nephews and nieces, and her religious community.
Visitatioon will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday in immaculate
Heart of Mary Chapel at Monocacy Manor, Bethlehem, follow by a prayer
service at 7 p.m.
Additional visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, followed by a Mass of
Christian Burial at 1
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