OBIT: Nellie DIAMOND, 1890, native of Blair County, PA

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Death of a Sister of Charity.

  Johnstown Tribune of November 13. - Sister Mary Catharine, a member 
of the order of Sisters of Charity, expired at half-past 3 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon at the convent in the Sixteenth ward.  She was 
taken ill on Sunday last with something like brain fever.  The 
immediate cause of her death is given as apoplexy.  The sister's 
remains were this morning taken to Greensburg, where, after a requiem 
mass to-morrow morning, they will be laid to rest in the cemetery 
connected with St. Joseph's academy.  Deceased had been a member of the 
order seven years, having entered at Altoona.  She came to Johnstown 
from Pittsburgh over a year ago.  Her mother and numerous other 
relatives live in that city.  One brother is a resident of the Twelfth 
ward of Johnstown.  In the world the sister was known as Miss Nellie 
Diamond.  The pallbearers were Edward Riley, John McGahan, James P. 
Green, P. F. McAney, Joseph Kelley and James Gaffney.  They and several 
sisters and friends accompanied the remains to Greensburg.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, November 14, 1890