Patricia Conner (1949-2020)

Sister Patricia Joy Conner, SNDdeN, 71, died Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center, Worcester, MA.

Sister Pat was born in Lansing, Michigan, daughter of Samuel H. and Maud (Quinn) Conner. She grew up and spent many summers on Long Island, Maine. She graduated from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1967. She graduated from the University of Maine in 1971 with a concentration in History. She later earned master’s degrees in Education from Salem State College and in Religious Studies from Boston College. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on September 2, 1972.

Sister Pat had a long ministry in education at schools affiliated with the Sisters of Notre Dane de Namur. She was a teacher at St. Joseph School in Somerville, Blessed Sacrament School in Cambridge, Cathedral Grammar School in Boston and the Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School in Lawrence. She was principal at St. Patrick’s School in Lowell and the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro. She also served on the leadership team of the Boston Province of the Sisters of Notre Dame.

Sister Pat was predeceased by her brother, Kevin, and leaves two sisters, Kathleen Floyd (and her husband, Michael) and Shirley Conner, both of Long Island, Maine, three nieces, Christie, Melanie and Valerie, three grandnephews, and her religious family, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

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