Sr. Catherine Clare Weis

Sister Catherine Clare Weis, OP, of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, New York, died June 8, 2012 in Siena Hall Infirmary, Sparkill, NY. Born in New York City on May 21, 1917, Catherine Mary Weis was the daughter of John and Catherine Coan Weis. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on July 10, 1933 and became known as Sister Catherine Clare, professing her first vows in 1935 and her final vows in 1940. Sister Catherine Clare earned a BA in English from Manhattan College, NY; an MA in Family Living from Columbia University, NY; and a degree in Administration/Supervision from Catholic University, Washington, DC. Sister Catherine Clare was an elementary and high school teacher serving in the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Center. She taught in New York at St. Columba, St. Ann, St. Brendan, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Helena Elementary & High School and Sacred Heart; in Brooklyn at St. Edmund Elementary & High School (as assistant principal) and Our Lady of Perpetual Help; in Rockville Center she taught at Katherine Gibbs. After retiring from teaching, she was employed as an office assistant and secretary at Aquinas HS, Grand Leigh, Inc. and Senior Citizen Employment.

Sister Catherine Clare is survived by her nieces and nephews, Katherine Hunt, Charlotte & James Curto, Donna & Edward Kelly, Leighanne & Vincent Mayr, Kathleen & John Jacilla, Albert & Barbara Weis, Patricia & Frank Serio, Clare & Raymond Porzio, Anita Hayes & William Weis; 24 grandnieces & nephews; and nine great-grandnieces & nephews.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel, Dominican Convent, Sparkill, NY on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 11 a.m. Visitation is on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Convent, 175 Rte. 340, Sparkill, NY 10976-1047. Interment will be in St. Agnes Cemetery in Sparkill. Arrangements are by Higgins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Dominican Sisters, at the above address, Attn: Sister Mary Murray, President