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April 8, 2011
Sister Mary Domitilla Temprine, RSM, a member of the Mid-Atlantic Community of the Sisters of Mercy, died at Mercy Center, Dallas, on Friday, April 8, 2011.
The former Helen Temprine, was born March 30, 1909, in Larksville, a daughter of Anthony Mark and Theresa Yuran Temprine.
Sr. Domitilla received her elementary and secondary education at St. Vincent School, Plymouth, graduating from St. Vincent High School in 1927.
She entered the Sisters of Mercy in September 1927, and made her profession of vows on August 16, 1930.
Sr. Domitilla earned a bachelor of arts degree from Misericordia University, Dallas, then College Misericordia, with majors in English and Latin in 1936.
She taught in the parochial grade schools for a total of 44 years in the dioceses of Scranton, Allentown, Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Brooklyn, N.Y.
She taught in her home diocese of Scranton for 35 of those years.
In 1979, Sr. Domitilla began a second teaching career as a catechetical instructor, spending seven years at St. Philomena School, now Queen of Peace, in Hawley, Pa., and Holy Savior School, St. Joseph Parish, Wilkes-Barre, and Gate of Heaven School, Dallas.
Sr. Domitilla moved to Mercy Center in 1990, culminating a teaching career of 61 years. At Mercy Center, she assisted as a receptionist for the Mercy Institute for Educational Development (MIED) until entering full time into the prayer ministry.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, George and Luke, and sisters Mary Temprine, Catherine Temprine, Mary Lewis, Theresa Driscoll, and Anna Balint.
Sr. Domitilla is survived by her sister Margaret (Margie) Lenahan, Wilkes-Barre; nieces, nephews, and the Sisters of Mercy of the Mid-Atlantic Community.
Transferal to Mercy Center will be on at 2 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a viewing, and wake service from 2 to 5 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Mercy Center. Interment will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.
Memorial contributions, in the name of Sister Mary Domitilla Temprine, may be made to Mercy Center, PO Box 370, Dallas, PA 18612.