WATERVILLE – Sister Virginia Connors SSS a member of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament in Waterville Maine, passed away in the early morning on Aug. 28, 2023, at the age of 94. She was born in Brooklyn New York on Nov. 5, 1928, and entered the convent here in Waterville on Nov. 4, 1954.

Before coming to the convent she had obtained a B.A . degree from Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tenn. and worked as a Blood Bank Laboratory Technician. As a religious she became a Licenced Practical Nurse at Mt. St. Joseph, Waterville Maine

She served the Church in Waterville Maine, Pueblo Colorado, Kenner Louisiana, and Cleveland Ohio. In community she served as local and provincial Treasurer. During the years after Vatican II she represented our community at the Diocesan pastoral council meetings for women religious in Portland Maine. She loved to lead the weekly sharing on the Word of God and continued until her energy ran out..

When she returned to Mount St. Joseph in May 2023, she still thought of herself as a nurse giving medical advice to others, medical advice she had acquired over the years.

She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas Connors and Virgina Walsh and her brother Thomas. She is mourned by her religious community, her brother Russell Connors and wife Rebekkah from Cape Elizabeth, nieces and nephews Dr. Jean Yortz, Virginia and Dr. Daniel Hershman of Massachusets, Sarah and Mary Ellen Colson of Topsham and John Connors of Casco Maine.

Join us for a short wake on Thursday August 31, at 10 a.m., at Blessed Sacrament Chapel followed by an 11 a.m., Mass of Christian Burial also at Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Silver Street in Waterville.

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