Born 3 February 1929 – 23 November 2021
Sister Peg Driscoll, 92, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL) for 74 years, died on Nov. 23, 2021, in Ross Hall at the SCL Mother House in Leavenworth, Kan. Margaret Mary Driscoll was born on Feb. 3, 1929, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the last of four children of William and Helen (Hartnett) Driscoll. She graduated from St. Catherine of Genoa Grade School and St. Agnes Seminary (high school) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her mother decided the 17-year-old Irish Brooklynite would head “out west” for college. She entered the SCL Community on Feb. 12, 1947, and professed vows as Sister Marie Dominic on Feb. 15, 1949, and later returned to her baptismal name.
Over the course of her entire ministry, Sister Peg used her voice to be a tireless advocate for the needy, the disadvantaged, and the powerless. She sought to live out Jesus’ admonition to care for “the least of these,” and to live a life of prayer.
For 20 years, Sister Peg served as a capable teacher and school administrator in Kansas, Colorado, Montana, California, Wyoming, and Missouri. Her kind blue eyes, caring spirit, and quick wit endeared her to students, faculty, and parents, as did her hard work.
Later in life, Sister Peg expressed gratitude to the SCL Community and others for their support: “I have through the years realized my contentedness, my potential, my challenges, my rewards with you, my sisters, my Kansas family, and friends.”
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Ross Chapel on Friday, Dec. 3, in Leavenworth, Kansas with Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Mother House grounds.
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