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Sr Judith Savard

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Sr Judith Savard

Birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
23 May 2004 (aged 65)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
White Plains, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Sister was the daughter of Harold and Marion Dudley Savard. She received a BA in Art from Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY and a MA in Art History from Hunter College, New York City. She entered the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary at Marymount in Tarrytown, NY, on September 8, 1958 and received the religious name of Sr. Trinity. She made her first vows at Marymount in Tarrytown on June 29, 1960 and her final vows, also in Tarrytown, on June 29, 1965.
From 1961 to 1966, she taught at Marymount Secondary School in Tarrytown, NY. In 1966 Sr. Judith went to Marymount Manhattan College, where she taught studio art and art history until shortly before her death. Associate Professor of Art and Art History, she had recently been honored for her more than 35 years of service to Marymount Manhattan College. Sr. Judith also served as Director of Communications for the Eastern American Province of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. She was a founding editor of Soundings, the quarterly publication of the four English-speaking provinces of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. In the early 70's, she worked with Msgr. Robert Fox in the Summer in the City Program in East Harlem and was editor of the Summer in the City publication Full Circle.
Sr. Judith is survived by a sister Anne O’Connor of Harbor Springs, MI, and two brothers, Harold of Easton, CT, and Dudley of Fairfield, CT.
Sister was the daughter of Harold and Marion Dudley Savard. She received a BA in Art from Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY and a MA in Art History from Hunter College, New York City. She entered the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary at Marymount in Tarrytown, NY, on September 8, 1958 and received the religious name of Sr. Trinity. She made her first vows at Marymount in Tarrytown on June 29, 1960 and her final vows, also in Tarrytown, on June 29, 1965.
From 1961 to 1966, she taught at Marymount Secondary School in Tarrytown, NY. In 1966 Sr. Judith went to Marymount Manhattan College, where she taught studio art and art history until shortly before her death. Associate Professor of Art and Art History, she had recently been honored for her more than 35 years of service to Marymount Manhattan College. Sr. Judith also served as Director of Communications for the Eastern American Province of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. She was a founding editor of Soundings, the quarterly publication of the four English-speaking provinces of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. In the early 70's, she worked with Msgr. Robert Fox in the Summer in the City Program in East Harlem and was editor of the Summer in the City publication Full Circle.
Sr. Judith is survived by a sister Anne O’Connor of Harbor Springs, MI, and two brothers, Harold of Easton, CT, and Dudley of Fairfield, CT.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9464695/judith-savard: accessed ), memorial page for Sr Judith Savard (22 Feb 1939–23 May 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9464695, citing Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by B Rozpad (contributor 50074804).