- Date Of Death: December 23, 2021
- State: Pennsylvania
Sr. Eleanor O’GradySister Eleanor O’Grady, age 89, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, died peacefully on Thursday, December 23, 2021 at McAuley Convent in Merion, Pennsylvania. Sister earned an M.A. in Business Education from Catholic University of America and an EdD in Education from Florida State University.After 20 years of ministry as a Bernardine Sister, she transferred to the Sisters of Mercy in 1978. Over the next 43 years, Eleanor lived her vow of service to the poor, the sick, and the ignorant serving in administrative roles that included Registrar and then Assistant Academic Dean at Gwynedd-Mercy College. Her later ministries encompassed Support Staff for Catholic Social Services for Delaware County, and Public Relations staff at Mercy Suburban Hospital, and administrator of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Respect for Life loved her family and was very close to her siblings Ed, Joseph, John, and Ave. as well as her many nieces and nephews. Eleanor, along with her friend Virginia, was known to drop in unexpectedly on a sibling or one of her many nieces and nephews. She continued the impromptu “drop in” after she went to McAuley Convent and was a frequent visitor to the sisters residing there. She enjoyed travel and exploring new adventures. Her love of the ocean drew her many summers to volunteer to help at the vacation house in Sea Isle City,
