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Sister Maria Teresa Colabella, Maryknoll Sister For 40 Years Dies Sister Maria Teresa Colabella, Maryknoll Sister For 40 Years Dies
Sister Maria Teresa Colabella, Maryknoll Sister For 40 Years Dies Sister Maria Colabella died on March 19 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll. She was 78 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 40 years. Maria was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn to Emelia (Luongo) Colabella and Pasquale Colabella. She had two sisters, Sister Jaqueline Marie, SSND and Geraldine De Luca. Her parents and sisters have all predeceased her. In 1957, Maria graduated from St. Brendan’s Diocesan High School in Brooklyn. After graduating, she attended Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing in New York where she earned an R.N. diploma in 1960. She then continu…

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