Sister Margaret Mary Dalton, RJM

PLAINVILLE – Sister Margaret Mary Dalton, RJM, 85, of Plainville passed away on May 10, 2016 in the Madonna Manor Nursing Home, North Attleboro.

Born on July 30, 1930 in New York City, NY, she was a daughter of the late William and Catherine Dalton.

Sister Margaret Mary was baptized at St. Joseph Church in New York City and graduated from Cathedral High School in New York and from Fordham University in New York

She entered the convent of the Religious of Mary in Highland Mills, N.Y. on August 15, 1949 and professed her vows as a Religious of Jesus and Mary in Highland Mills, N.Y. on August 14, 1956.

Sister Margaret Mary taught elementary school from 1951 through 1997 and retired from teaching at St. Timothy Convent in Warwick, RI. She then moved to Jesus and Mary Retirement Center in Plainville, MA

When Sister Margaret Mary health begin to decline, she went to the Madonna Manor Nursing Home, where she received professional and dedicated health care up until her passing.

She is survived by her siblings, William Dalton, his wife, Margaret of Fairlawn, N.J., Kathleen Woods Hampton and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.

She was the sister of the late Maurice Dalton.

Family and friends are kindly invited to attend a visitation on Saturday, May 21 from 9:30 - 10 am in St. Martha's Church, South Street, Plainville, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the church. Burial will follow in St. Jean de Baptist's Cemetery, Bellingham.