Cunniff, Sister Winifred, SCH (Sister Anne Mark), beloved Sister of Charity, Halifax for 65 years, entered peacefully into eternal life on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Devoted daughter of the late Mark and Mary Agnes (Burke) Cunniff. She was also predeceased by her brother, John Cunniff. She leaves her loving sister, Ann O’Connell of New York, her brothers, Patrick Cunniff of New York and Mark Cunniff of Washington, DC, many nieces and nephews as well as her sisters in the congregation. Sister Winifred entered the Sisters of Charity, Halifax in 1957 and was missioned to New York where she began her ministry as an elementary school teacher at Saint Sylvester School in Brooklyn. Following this assignment, she served as teacher and vice principal at Seton Hall High School in Patchogue, NY. Sister Winifred subsequently moved into parish ministry, in Saint Barnabas Parish, Bellmore, NY; Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, Forest Hills, NY; Saint Mary Magdalene Parish, Springfield Gardens, NY; Saint Laurence Parish, Brooklyn, NY; Saint Gabriel Parish, East Elmhurst, NY and Our Lady of Loretto Parish, Hempstead, NY serving at different times, as the Director of Religious Education, Pastoral Associate and Retreat Director. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 11:00 AM in Saint John the Evangelist Church, Wellesley, MA with a wake beginning at 10:00 AM. Interment will take place following at Saint Mary Cemetery, Needham, MA. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Sister Winifred may be made to the Sisters of Charity, 125 Oakland Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. Brady & Fallon Funeral Home 617 524 0861
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