Eleanor Fox, RSCJ

Birth: March 1, 1933
Profession: July 21, 1963
Death: February 3, 2025

Religious of the Sacred Heart, Sister Eleanor Fox died on February 3, 2025, in Albany, New York. She was 91 years old and a religious for 71 years. Eleanor, affectionately known as “Fox,” was born on March 1, 1933, in New York City to Benedict Fox and Florence Stanley Fox. She graduated from Manhattanville College in 1954 earning a BA in Math and entered the Society of the Sacred Heart a few months later in August at Kenwood in Albany. Eleanor pronounced her first vows at Kenwood in 1957.

Theresa Chu, RSCJ

Birth: November 7, 1924
Profession: July 29, 1955
Death: February 1, 2025

Religious of the Sacred Heart, Sister Theresa Mei Fen Chu died on February 1, 2025, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was 100 years old and a religious for 78 years. Theresa was born on November 7, 1924, in Shanghai, China, and was the ninth child of Mathias Chu and Josephine Chung. She was named Mei Fen by her father, who also had her baptized Theresa. Out of all her siblings, Theresa was closest to her older sister, Mei Yu, Margaret.

Patricia Shaffer, RSCJ

Birth: June 11, 1928
Profession: July 29, 1957
Death: December 5, 2024

Religious of the Sacred Heart, Patricia “Pat” Shaffer died on December 4, 2024, in Atherton, California. She was 96 years old and a religious for 75 years. Pat was born on June 11, 1928, in Los Angeles, California, to Edwin Joseph Shaffer and Rose Rey Shaffer. She was one of five children with two sisters and two brothers.

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