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ADAM DICKERSON
Francis M. Hurlbrink
Francis “Frank” M. Hurlbrink died on Jan. 26, 2008 at the
University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va. He was 75. Born
in Philadelphia to the late David W. Hurlbrink and Anne Marie Murray Hurlbrink,
he was preceded in death by a brother, David William Hurlbrink. Services
and interment took place in Virginia. He is survived by his wife, Barbara
Newton Hurlbrink; his children, David William Hurlbrink and Suzanne Michele
Vance, and sisters, Nancy Bradshaw and Sister Susan Hurlbrink, S.S.J.
John Sanborn
John Sanborn, a decorated World War II hero, died peacefully on Feb. 8,
2008 at home, after fighting cancer for several years. He was 86. Born
in Philadelphia, he attended Good Shepherd Catholic School and graduated
in the class of 1940 from West Catholic High School. He then joined the
U.S. Army Rangers and served in England with the 9th Infantry Division
in July 1944. He was a sergeant in a mortar company and was awarded battle
ribbons for his service in Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland,
and Central Europe. He received the European African Middle Eastern Service
ribbon, the Good Conduct medal, and the Distinguished Unit badge. He married
Dorothy C. Downey, and they had six children: John Jr., Stephen, the late
Robert, Kevin, Thomas and Mary. They also had 16 grandchildren and 15
great- grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. He worked for
the Allen, Lance and Scott Printers company as a compositor printer for
32 years before moving to Tacoma, Wash. There he worked for St. Charles
Catholic Parish before retiring in 2000. A funeral Mass was celebrated
Feb. 13 at St. Charles Catholic Church. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery,
Washington state.
Sister Mary of Nazareth McDonald
Sister Mary of Nazareth McDonald, S.H.C.J., formerly Agnes, died from
heart failure on Feb. 11, 2008 at the Holy Child Center, Rosemont. She
was 90. Born in Worcester, Mass., she earned a bachelor’s degree
in English from Emerson College, Boston, and a master’s degree in
library science from Villanova University. As a young woman, she cared
for her seriously ill mother until her mother’s death in 1953. She
joined the Society of the Holy Child Jesus in 1955. She served on the
faculties of Holy Spirit School in Sharon Hill; St. Lucy School, St. Edward
School and West Catholic High School for Girls in Philadelphia, and St.
Leonard’s Academy of the Holy Child in Rosemont. In addition to
serving as librarian at St. Edward, St. Leonard’s and West Catholic,
she was also a librarian at Villanova University. She also taught in Massachusetts
and Illinois. In her retirement, she served as the cook at the St. Edward
School convent. She went on to live in New York before moving to the Holy
Child Center, where she remained until her death. She was predeceased
by five sisters and two brothers. A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 16
in the New Sharon Chapel, Rosemont. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery, Conshohocken.
She is survived by two nieces, Margaret Fisher and Rose M. Justice; three
nephews, Daniel Fisher, Thomas Fisher and William King; two grandnephews,
and her religious community.