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Sister Joan Toomey, M.M., who taught at the Maryknoll School in Honolulu for seven years, died Sept. 18 at Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining. She was 84.
Sister Joan was in Honolulu, 1962-1969. She also served in Los Angeles, Hong Kong and in various roles at Maryknoll.
Born in New Orleans, she entered the Marknoll Sisters in 1952 and professed final vows in 1961.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Maryknoll Teachers College and a master’s in business administration from Pace University.
A Funeral Mass was offered Sept. 21 in Annunciation Chapel, Maryknoll. Burial was in Maryknoll Sisters Cemetery.
