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Sister Anne DeFebbo

Sister Anne Dorice DeFebbo, OSF, 72, died in Aston PA on May 18, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.

She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 48 years. Sister Anne Dorice (baptized Anna Mary DeFebbo) was born on May 21,1947 in Steubenville, Ohio, and grew up in Weirton, West Virginia. She attended Sacred Heart of Mary School and Parish and was a proud 1965 graduate of Weirton Madonna High School. Sister Anne Dorice studied nursing at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA where she earned her R.N. in 1968. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in 1969 and professed her first vows in 1972. She later earned a B.S. in Nursing from Neumann University in Philadelphia and an M.S. in Medical-Surgical Nursing from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She ministered primarily in healthcare as a nurse and nursing instructor as well as a healthcare missionary in Antigua and the Dominican Republic.

Preceded in death by her parents John and Theodora DeFebbo, formerly of Weirton, Sr. Anne Dorice is survived by her two sisters, Sister Lorraine Therese DeFebbo, OSF of St. Louis and Paula (Robert) Leonard of Hudson, FL, by her brother, Kevin (Barbara) DeFebbo of Bowling Green, KY; and by her Franciscan Sisters. Due to the coronavirus, a memorial Mass will be held at a later date.

Donations in her name can be made to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA 19014.