Sister Alma Turns 100



Photo Title

Sister Alma Turns 100

Photographer/Creator

Patricia Beck

Collection

Publisher

Detroit Free Press

Caption/Description

Sister Alma Reilly, IHM, celebrated her 100th birthday after spending 73 years as a nun, 50 of them teaching children in parochial grade schools. Sister Alma, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, says she is in good health except for failing vision and poor hearing.

Citation

Patricia Beck, "Sister Alma Turns 100," in POYi Archive, Item #10651, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10651 (accessed May 19, 2024).

Date Added

07.04.2008