Sister Therese Dodd, OP, of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York, died November 15, 2015 in Siena Hall, Sparkill, NY.
Born in the Bronx, NY on March 7, 1926, Therese was the daughter of John and Catherine Doolittle Dodd. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on September 8, 1945 and received the name Sister John Angela. She professed her first vows in 1947 and her final vows in 1952.
Sister earned a B.A. in Education from Manhattan College, NY and an MA in Business Education from the College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
During her professional life, Sister Therese ministered in the Brooklyn diocese and in the Archdiocese of New York. She taught at St. Teresa, Woodside, NY (1947-53); St. Anthony, Bronx, NY (1953-58); Cathedral HS, NYC (1968-71); Rosary Academy, Sparkill, NY (1974-78); and Coleman HS, Hurley, NY (1988-89). She served as Business Manager and Treasurer at St. Helena Commercial HS, Bronx, NY (1958-68); St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY (1971-74); and Sacred Heart Parish, Suffern, NY (1978-86). From 1986-1988 she was a staff member at Villa St. Joseph, Saugerties, NY and for twenty-one years she worked at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY in the Business Office. Upon her retirement she offered local community service at Dominican Convent in Sparkill.
Sister Therese is survived by her sister-in-law Helen Dodd, Winter Park, FL; her nieces Joan Fabiano (Angelo), Red Bank, NJ; Eileen Hurler, Toms River, NJ; Maureen Clapperton (Dave), Marietta, GA; Ann Dodd (Patrick), Fort Myers, FL; and her nephews Robert Stec (Linda), Vero Beach, FL; Jack Dodd; Thomas Dodd, Atlanta, GA. She was the proud aunt of many grandnieces and nephews.
Sister Therese enjoyed life, being with friends, celebrating special events, and taking pictures and playing on her iPad. She was committed to her life as a Dominican Sister and remained faithful to her call for almost seventy years. She was a gift to us and now we commend her to the God she loved and we ask the good Lord to give her peace among the company of the saints in heaven
Born in the Bronx, NY on March 7, 1926, Therese was the daughter of John and Catherine Doolittle Dodd. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on September 8, 1945 and received the name Sister John Angela. She professed her first vows in 1947 and her final vows in 1952.
Sister earned a B.A. in Education from Manhattan College, NY and an MA in Business Education from the College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
During her professional life, Sister Therese ministered in the Brooklyn diocese and in the Archdiocese of New York. She taught at St. Teresa, Woodside, NY (1947-53); St. Anthony, Bronx, NY (1953-58); Cathedral HS, NYC (1968-71); Rosary Academy, Sparkill, NY (1974-78); and Coleman HS, Hurley, NY (1988-89). She served as Business Manager and Treasurer at St. Helena Commercial HS, Bronx, NY (1958-68); St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY (1971-74); and Sacred Heart Parish, Suffern, NY (1978-86). From 1986-1988 she was a staff member at Villa St. Joseph, Saugerties, NY and for twenty-one years she worked at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY in the Business Office. Upon her retirement she offered local community service at Dominican Convent in Sparkill.
Sister Therese is survived by her sister-in-law Helen Dodd, Winter Park, FL; her nieces Joan Fabiano (Angelo), Red Bank, NJ; Eileen Hurler, Toms River, NJ; Maureen Clapperton (Dave), Marietta, GA; Ann Dodd (Patrick), Fort Myers, FL; and her nephews Robert Stec (Linda), Vero Beach, FL; Jack Dodd; Thomas Dodd, Atlanta, GA. She was the proud aunt of many grandnieces and nephews.
Sister Therese enjoyed life, being with friends, celebrating special events, and taking pictures and playing on her iPad. She was committed to her life as a Dominican Sister and remained faithful to her call for almost seventy years. She was a gift to us and now we commend her to the God she loved and we ask the good Lord to give her peace among the company of the saints in heaven
Sister Therese Dodd, OP, of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York, died November 15, 2015 in Siena Hall, Sparkill, NY.
Born in the Bronx, NY on March 7, 1926, Therese was the daughter of John and Catherine Doolittle Dodd. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on September 8, 1945 and received the name Sister John Angela. She professed her first vows in 1947 and her final vows in 1952.
Sister earned a B.A. in Education from Manhattan College, NY and an MA in Business Education from the College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
During her professional life, Sister Therese ministered in the Brooklyn diocese and in the Archdiocese of New York. She taught at St. Teresa, Woodside, NY (1947-53); St. Anthony, Bronx, NY (1953-58); Cathedral HS, NYC (1968-71); Rosary Academy, Sparkill, NY (1974-78); and Coleman HS, Hurley, NY (1988-89). She served as Business Manager and Treasurer at St. Helena Commercial HS, Bronx, NY (1958-68); St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY (1971-74); and Sacred Heart Parish, Suffern, NY (1978-86). From 1986-1988 she was a staff member at Villa St. Joseph, Saugerties, NY and for twenty-one years she worked at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY in the Business Office. Upon her retirement she offered local community service at Dominican Convent in Sparkill.
Sister Therese is survived by her sister-in-law Helen Dodd, Winter Park, FL; her nieces Joan Fabiano (Angelo), Red Bank, NJ; Eileen Hurler, Toms River, NJ; Maureen Clapperton (Dave), Marietta, GA; Ann Dodd (Patrick), Fort Myers, FL; and her nephews Robert Stec (Linda), Vero Beach, FL; Jack Dodd; Thomas Dodd, Atlanta, GA. She was the proud aunt of many grandnieces and nephews.
Sister Therese enjoyed life, being with friends, celebrating special events, and taking pictures and playing on her iPad. She was committed to her life as a Dominican Sister and remained faithful to her call for almost seventy years. She was a gift to us and now we commend her to the God she loved and we ask the good Lord to give her peace among the company of the saints in heaven
Born in the Bronx, NY on March 7, 1926, Therese was the daughter of John and Catherine Doolittle Dodd. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on September 8, 1945 and received the name Sister John Angela. She professed her first vows in 1947 and her final vows in 1952.
Sister earned a B.A. in Education from Manhattan College, NY and an MA in Business Education from the College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
During her professional life, Sister Therese ministered in the Brooklyn diocese and in the Archdiocese of New York. She taught at St. Teresa, Woodside, NY (1947-53); St. Anthony, Bronx, NY (1953-58); Cathedral HS, NYC (1968-71); Rosary Academy, Sparkill, NY (1974-78); and Coleman HS, Hurley, NY (1988-89). She served as Business Manager and Treasurer at St. Helena Commercial HS, Bronx, NY (1958-68); St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY (1971-74); and Sacred Heart Parish, Suffern, NY (1978-86). From 1986-1988 she was a staff member at Villa St. Joseph, Saugerties, NY and for twenty-one years she worked at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY in the Business Office. Upon her retirement she offered local community service at Dominican Convent in Sparkill.
Sister Therese is survived by her sister-in-law Helen Dodd, Winter Park, FL; her nieces Joan Fabiano (Angelo), Red Bank, NJ; Eileen Hurler, Toms River, NJ; Maureen Clapperton (Dave), Marietta, GA; Ann Dodd (Patrick), Fort Myers, FL; and her nephews Robert Stec (Linda), Vero Beach, FL; Jack Dodd; Thomas Dodd, Atlanta, GA. She was the proud aunt of many grandnieces and nephews.
Sister Therese enjoyed life, being with friends, celebrating special events, and taking pictures and playing on her iPad. She was committed to her life as a Dominican Sister and remained faithful to her call for almost seventy years. She was a gift to us and now we commend her to the God she loved and we ask the good Lord to give her peace among the company of the saints in heaven
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