Sister Mary Clarence Kominak, SCN, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., died at the age of 98 on Sunday, May 31, 2009, at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sister was in the 84th year of her religious life.

Sister Clarence entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Mary Parish, Brownsville, Pa. She attended St. Francis School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pa., and became a registered nurse in 1939.

Before her nursing career, Sister Clarence taught elementary grades in Youngstown and Struthers, Ohio for several years. As a registered nurse, Sister served at the Motherhouse, Regency Hall Nursing Home, Belvedere Hospital, Vincentian Home and Villa deMarillac Nursing Home all in Pittsburgh, Pa., Holy Ghost Mission, Marbury, Ala., St. Jude Hospital, Montgomery, Ala., Mother Mary Mission, Phenix, Ala., and St. Vincent Hospital in Monett, Mo. Sister Clarence served 17 years at Holy Ghost Mission. Sister Clarence returned to the Motherhouse in 1991 and joined the Prayer Ministry Group. She became a resident of the Vincentian Home in 2003.

Sister Clarence is survived by her sisters in the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The Mass of Christian burial was held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Burial was in the Sisters’ cemetery on the St. Louise convent grounds in Pittsburgh, Pa.