A funeral Mass was offered June 2 at Immaculate Conception Church, Elkton, for Sister Cecilia Mary Grimes, O.S.F. Sister Cecilia Mary died May 30. She was 76 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 54 years.
Sister Cecilia Mary (Florence Marie Grimes) was born in Wilmington, Del. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, and a master’s degree in religious education from LaSalle University, Philadelphia.
Sister Cecilia taught at St. Anthony School, Baltimore, from 1950-51 and Immaculate Conception School, Towson, from 1959-63. She also taught or ministered in the Archdiocese of Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Oklahoma, Florida and North Carolina.