OBIT: Sister Mary Fabian RODGERS, 2006, native of Cambria County, PA

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Greensburg Tribune
Greensburg, PA
17 Apr 2006


SISTER MARY FABIAN RODGERS

Sister Mary Fabian Rodgers, S.C., 90, died suddenly Wednesday, April 12, 
2006, at Caritas Christi, the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton 
Hill, Greensburg.

A native of Johnstown, Sister Mary Fabian entered the congregation of the 
Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1933, from St. Patrick Parish in 
Johnstown.

Preceded in death by her parents, William H. and Mary Annette (Eckenrod) 
Rodgers; three brothers, Kenneth W., Harold H., Cyril E., and two sisters, 
Mrs. Richard L. (Kathleen) Campbell and Eileen Rodgers, and she is survived 
by nieces and nephews.

Sister Mary Fabian earned a bachelor's degree in education from Duquesne 
University and taught students of the junior and senior high level in 
diocesan schools of Greensburg and Pittsburgh. Her longest tenure was at 
Sacred Heart elementary and high school in Shadyside, where she taught from 
1957 until 1982.  During the summer of 1986, Sister Mary Fabian was an 
instructor in education at Seton Hill University.

Sister Mary Fabian continued to volunteer her services at Caritas Christi 
and she enjoyed using the computer to keep in touch with a number of her 
former students.  Encumbered by physical disabilities for a number of years, 
Sister Mary Fabian believed, as did St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, "The affliction 
of this life is but a moment, while the glory in the life to come will be 
eternal."

Friends will be received from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday  at CARITAS 
CHRISTI, 459 Mt. Thor Road, Greensburg.  Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 7 
p.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of the Assumption at Caritas Christi.  Burial will 
be in the Sisters' Cemetery, Seton Hill, Greensburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Charity, DePaul Center, 
463 Mt. Thor Road, Greensburg, Pa. 15601