Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Cyrillus Jones CSC

? – Jan. 5, 1956

South Bend Tribune 1/7/1956

Sister Mary Cyrillus CSC, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross since 1906, died in the convent at St. Mary’s College Friday night. She was born Margaret Jones in Ireland, and came to this country in her youth. She made her final profession of vows in 1912, and received nurse trainging at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho. She also served as a nursing sister in St. Joseph Hospital in South Bend, and in Anderson, Ind.; Cairo, Ill.; and in Jacksonville, Ill. She served in the infirmary of Saint Mary’s Convent before illness forced her retirement. Survivors include a cousin Rev. E. J. Mahan CSSR of Toronto, Canada.

A funeral mass is scheduled for today with burial Sunday morning.