OBIT: Mary Margaret DENNY (Sister Marie Corde), 2005, native of Blair County, PA

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SISTER MARIE CORDE (Mary Margaret Denny) [photo]

  Age 68, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at the Motherhouse of 
the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden.
  The daughter of John and Margaret Ziegler Denny, Sister entered the 
Congregation in 1954 from Sacred Heart Parish in Altoona, PA. Sister Marie 
Corde's ministry as an educator spanned 40 years and included St. Joseph 
School, New Kensington; St. Canice School, Pittsburgh; St. Clement School, 
Johnstown; St. Mary School, New Castle; St. John School, Uniontown: Blessed 
Sacrament School, Natrona Heights; and St. Caietan School, Monessen.
  Sister served as Principal from 1977-2000 at St. Joseph School, New 
Kensington. She has been Telephone Systems Manager at the Motherhouse in Baden 
since 2000.  
  Sister Marie Corde is survived by a sister, Ann Denny, a nephew Mark Denny 
and his wife Sharon, a grand-niece Hannah of Altoona and cousins.  Friends will 
be received from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the 
Sisters of ST. Joseph Motherhouse in Baden.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 
Friday, 3:30 p.m. in the Motherhouse Chapel. Burial will following the Sisters 
Cemetery on the Motherhouse grounds. Donations in memory of Sister Marie Corde 
may be sent to the Sisters of St. Joseph Memorial Fund, 1020 State Street, 
Baden, PA 15005

Altoona Mirror, February 3, 2005