Sister Norah Alice Thomas

1902 - 1990  (88 years)

• Name	Norah Alice Thomas
  Title	Sister
  Nickname	Leonard
  Born	18 Sep 1902	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	nun & teacher
  Died	23 Dec 1990	Sewickley Valley Hospital, Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Cause: cardiac arrest
  Person ID	I429552	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	William Benedict Thomas,   b. 30 Aug 1858, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 30 Jul 1933, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Christina Mattingly,   b. 15 Aug 1871,   d. 0Feb 1972, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 100 years)
  Married	26 May 1892	Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F143079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Norah Alice Thomas (I429552) Tree: Suedpfalz Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I429552&tree=1 Description: Nora Alice Thomas (Sister Leonard Thomas, SSJ) Born 18 September 1902, Pennsylvania, USA Died 23 December 1990, Sewickley, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Obituary: Sister Leonard Thomas, taught in 3 dioceses Sister Leonard Thomas, a retired teacher and member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, died of cardiac arrest yesterday in Sewickley Valley Hospital. She was 88. Sister Thomas, who lived in the sisters' motherhouse in Baden, entered the order Sept. 8, 1919, from St. John Gualbert Cathedral in Johnstown. She made her profession of vows Jan. 3, 1925. Until her retirement, she served as a teacher in the elementary schools of the Pittsburgh, Altoona-Johnstown and Greensburg dioceses. Sister Thomas is survived by two sisters, Gertrude Thomas of Baden and Pauline Buchan of Circleville, W.Va. Viewing will be from 3 to 9 p.m.-today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the motherhouse. A Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the motherhouse, 1020 State St., Baden. Interment will be in the sisters' cemetery on the motherhouse grounds. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Monday, December 24, 1990 P. 8 Joe Zellner [S864] Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968. Name: Mary C. Mattingly Gender: Female Marriage Date: 26 May 1892 Marriage Place: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA Spouse: Wm B. Thomas Film Number: 001316388