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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Sister Winifred was my Geometry teacher in 1970 at Seton Hall High School. She was just the best!!! A wonderful woman with passion for teaching and serving God! Rest In Peace dear Sister!
Sister was very much loved at Seton Hall. She came to the reunion for the class of 65 in 2005, and we so enjoyed catching up with her. Rest In Peace , Sister. You will be missed.
I am saddened by the passing of Sister Anne Mark. She was one of my all time favorite nuns! In recent years she met with Mark Murphy, Dennis Cunningham and myself for dinner. She also came to our class’s(class of 1967) 45th reunion. What a wonderful person and teacher she was. She will be missed! Larry Dittmeier, class of q967
I’ll try again! I am saddened to hear of the passing of Sister Anne Mark! She was one of my favorite all time nuns! A few years ago she met Mark Murphy, Dennis Cunningham and myself for dinner! She came to our class(1967) reunion along with Sister Mary Louise and had a wonderful time! She was a great person and teacher! She will be missed! Lawrence Dittmeier, class of 1967 at Seton Hall
I remember Sister Winifred as one of the most kind and loving teachers I had while attending Seton Hall Patchogue, Ny.
We had reconnected in recent years at the Seton Legacy and kept in contact until recently . . My thought and prayers are with her family and fellow sisters I am sure she was welcomed home to heaven by all her fellow sisters especially Sr .Mary Arthur and Sr. Peter Claver .May they all Rest In Peace in the divine light of out Lord
I knew Sister Winifred as Sr. Anne Mark for Grade 6 at St. Sylvester’s. Sister was patient and graceful and was the first teacher to encourage me in my writing. I used to write to her when she transferred to Seton Hall in Patchogue. I thought about her often through the years. Rest in Paradise, Sister.
I was a student at Seton Hall in Patchogue NY graduating in 2968. I am sad to learn of the passing of Sister Anne Mark and Sister Ellen Stephan. I would like to know when Sister Joseph Agnes, Sister Jane Miriam and Sister Ita Jiseph passed away. They were my Enlish teachers and provided the impetus for a successful career. I majored in English at St. John’s University in Janaica NY graduating in 1972. I had a 34 year career teaching literature and writing at Islip High School on Long Island. My
I was a student at Seton Hall in Patchogue NY graduating in 1968. I am sad to learn of the passing of Sister Anne Mark and Sister Ellen Stephan. I would like to know when Sister Joseph Agnes, Sister Jane Miriam and Sister Ita Joseph passed away. They were my Enlish teachers and provided the inspiration for my life’ s work. I majored in English Education at St. John’s University in Jamaica NY graduating in 1972. I had a 34 year career teaching literature and writing at Islip High School on Long Island. I am forever grateful for their influence. If you can provide any information, I would appreciate. P.S . I just recieved a beautiful thank you letter for my donation to the Sisters of Charity in their memory.