OBIT: Mary Lavin (Sister Mary Zita) 1916, McSherrystown, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ Sister Mary Zita Sister Mary Zita, of St. Joseph’s Convent, McSherrystown, died Tuesday morning at 5 a.m. following an operation for appendicitis, after a months’ illness. The deceased was Miss Mary Lavin, of Pittston, Pa., and was formerly a Sister at St. Joseph’s Convent, Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia. She has been at St. Joseph’s Convent, McSherrystown for the past five years. The Hanover Herald – Saturday, April 22, 1916