Sister Maria Camelia Salerno

Born: Rose Marie Salerno on January 18, 1916 in New York, New York. Died: June 30, 2009 at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, New York. Daughter of Joseph and Maria Camelia Salerno of the Bronx, New York. She was received into the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse on August 15, 1947, and professed her final religious vows on August 16, 1954. Sister Maria Camelia faithfully lived the Mission of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany for over 60 years. She received her Bachelors Degree in Education from St. Bonaventure University and for thirty-five years ministered in the field of education in schools in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. For the next twenty years, she visited the homebound elderly and sick in New York City. In 2002, Sister retired in St. Catherine of Sienna Healthcare Center in Caldwell, NJ and in 2005 relocated to St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany, New York. Sister Maria Camelia was predeceased by her parents, her brother Carl and her sisters Jennie Salerno and Josephine Vorel. She is survived by two brothers, Albert Salerno and Francis Salerno. A Wake Service is scheduled on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany, New York. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in the Chapel of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 3, 2009, followed by burial in St. Bonaventure Cemetery, Allegany, New York. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of Letro-McIntosh-Spink Funeral Home, Inc. 646 East State Street, Olean, New York.