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August 20, 2015
Email sent to alumnae:
Sister M. Gerard Greskovic, SS.C.M. entered into eternal peace on August 20, 2015, at Emmanuel Nursing and Rehab Center. She was 91 years old. Sister Gerard suffered a stroke in November, 1994 and was confined to a wheelchair since that time.
Sister Gerard's funeral will be on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at Maria Hall, 1 Maria Hall Drive, Danville. The arrangements are as follows:
11:00 a.m. Wake Service
12:00 noon Dinner at Maria Hall
1:30 p.m. Funeral followed by burial
Please remember Sister in your prayers.
OBITUARY
Sister M. Gerard (Margaret Greskovic) died on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at Emmanuel Center, Danville. Born on Feb. 4, 1924, in Olyphant, she was a daughter of John and Anne (Bosak) Greskovic. She attended Holy Ghost School in Olyphant and graduated from Olyphant High School. For six months after high school she worked as a civilian, training with the U. S. Army at the Middletown Air Depot. Sister received a B.S. in Education from Marywood University, Scranton, and a Master’s in Secondary School Science from Villanova University. On April 11, 1943, she entered the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius and was received as a novice on October 7 of that year. Sister Gerard was professed on Aug. 13, 1945. She was an educator on both the elementary and secondary levels. She taught grades 1, 2 and 3 in the Jednota Orphanage, Middletown, and grades 1,2, 5, 6, 7 in parish schools in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, also serving as principal and local coordinator. Sister taught science and math at the following high schools: St. Cyril Academy for seventeen years; Lebanon Catholic, Lebanon, Pa; Bishop Hafey, Hazleton; Pius X, Pottstown, and Andrean High School, Merrillville, Indiana. Later she spent twelve years as director of activities at Maria Joseph Manor, Danville. Sister also taught religious education classes for many years and served as the official congregational photographer for more than thirty years. In this capacity she produced a slide presentation for the Silver Jubilee of the Congregation and two presentations for the Diamond Jubilee. She was known for producing nature photos which were used on greeting cards. Sister Gerard was preceded in death by her five brothers and two sisters, Mary and Helen. She is survived by nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Tuesday, August 25, at Maria Hall, Danville. The arrival of the body followed by recitation of the Rosary is at 10 a.m. and the Wake Service at 11 a.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. with interment in the Sisters’ Cemetery.
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Lucy Johnson (Johnson) (1962)
Sister Gerard was a no nonsense kind of person. She came across strictly by the book, but once you got under her skin she was quite different. I used to think she tested me and not just me but many of my classmates we were not the easiest group of students and some of us liked to act like big shots, all knowing and all wise. She clearly saw right through that haze of toughness and would call our bluffs time and again. She could make me stop in my tracts and burst out laughing when I needed redirection as she called it. When I thought I was being "bad" she would laugh and tell me I was the worst example of defiance she ever came across and then she would just stare at me with her hands on her hips like go ahead show me your best bad self, and I could not keep a straight face with that woman. We would both end laughing and then she would say, I pray for you lucy, God knows you need it. And I always answer yes sister and believe me I pray for you too because God knows you need it and the she would say get out of here and I would. If she had favorites no one knew who they were . I respected and loved her dearly, she was a great nun and a good teacher. Rest in peace.....