Age 92
Sister Mary Frances McMahon entered eternal life peacefully at Saint Mary Home in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Sister Mary Francis was born in Torrington, Connecticut. Sister Mary Fran earned her bachelor’s degree in business and economics from the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut, and a master’s degree in special education from Catholic University in Washington, DC.
She began her ministry in elementary education at Saint Joseph School in Hartford, Connecticut. She later taught special education at the Gengras Center. Her patience and empathy helped Mary Fran teach students who could not easily communicate. She then taught at two schools in Greenwich, Connecticut.
From Greenwich, Mary Fran served the Archdiocese of Hartford in Office of the Handicapped. She became the executive director of Highland Heights, New Haven, Connecticut, and then served at Trust House in Hartford mentoring adult students and serving as coordinator of adult education, volunteers and finance.
Before retiring at 81, Mary Fran concluded her career at St. Joseph College in the business office. Upon retirement, she volunteered at St. Patrick- St. Anthony parish. At the time of her passing, she was involved in knitting prayer shawls that were donated to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.