Sister Mary Dominic Moan, OP (Marian A. Moan) died on April 23, 2015 at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, NY after a short illness.

She was born June 28, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY. She was the daughter of John Moan and Mary (Fanning) Moan. Her sister Regina Carey pre-deceased her.

She is survived by a sister Ruth (Moan) Brandt, two nieces Marianne Brandt and Joanne (Tom) Koffer, and three great nieces and a great nephew.

Sister worked as a long distance telephone operator for AT&T before entering the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne. Sister entered the Community on January 21, 1939 and made her Profession of Vows, on September 14, 1940. She would have celebrated 75 years of religious Profession this year. She was the last of our Sisters to have known our co-foundress, Mother Mary Rose Huber.

Sister Mary Dominic served at Our Lady of Good Counsel Home in St. Paul Minnesota and was part of the first group of Sisters who opened that Home in November 1941. She returned to Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, NY in 1962 where she was appointed Novice Mistress until 1970 and then later as Administrator from 1977 to 1998. Sister was also assigned to St. Rose’s Home in New York City where she served as Superior from 1970-1976. She served on the General Council from 1973-1977.

A wake will be held on Sunday April 26, 2015 at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel, Rosary Hill Home from 3:30pm to 8pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, April 27, 2015 at 10:30am in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary at Rosary Hill Home followed by internment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY.