Sister Eileen Miller, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister M. Berchmans) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, at Regional Hospital of Scranton. She was born on Jan. 5, 1925, in Spangler, Pa., and given the name Eileen Rose. She was the daughter of the late James Gilbert and Rosalia Agnes Gray Miller. She entered the IHM Congregation on July 2, 1943, made her temporary profession of vows on May 8, 1946, and her final profession of vows on Aug. 2, 1949. Sister Eileen served as a teacher in the following schools: St. Patrick Elementary in Scranton, Pa., from 1946 to 1949; St. Mary Elementary in Avoca, Pa., from 1949 to 1953; Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Elementary in Forest Hills, N.Y., from 1953 to 1958; St. Agnes Elementary in Lock Haven, Pa., from 1958 to 1964; St. Paul Elementary in New Bern, N.C., from 1964 to 1965; Our Lady of Grace Elementary in Greensboro, N.C., from 1965 to 1966; St. Mary Elementary in Patton, Pa., from 1966 to 1972; Lock Haven Elementary in Lock Haven, Pa., from 1972 to 1978; St. Thomas Elementary in Bedford, Pa., from 1978 to 1983; and St. Mary of Mount Carmel Elementary in Dunmore, Pa., from 1983 to 1991. She also served as a nurse's aide at the Marian Convent and Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton from 1991 to 2012.From 2012 until the time of her death, Sister Eileen served as a prayer minister at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton.She received a Bachelor of Science degree in English and social sciences from Marywood College.She was preceded in death by four brothers, Wilbert, James, Eugene and Irvin John; and three sisters, Margaret Mary Llewellyn, Florence Miller and Rita M. Thomas.She is survived by a brother, Marlin Joseph, of Hastings, Pa.; four sisters, Alice Anna, of Hastings; Louise Rennie, of Stratford, Conn.; Lucy Vivadelli, of Hammonton, N.J., and Hazel Eckenrode, of Spangler, Pa.; many nieces and nephews, and grandnieces and grandnephews. She is also survived by the members of the IHM Congregation. The funeral will be Thursday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Peace Residence, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton. Friends may call at Our Lady of Peace Residence on Wednesday, Nov. 30, between 3 and 5 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 4. Interment will follow Mass on Thursday at St. Catherine's Cemetery in Moscow, Pa.Memorial contributions may be made to support the retired IHM Sisters c/o the IHM Sisters Retirement Fund, IHM Center, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18509.
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