Aston, PA— Sister Michael Kathleen Deane, OSF, 96, died in Assisi House on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years. Born Mary Kathleen Deane in Washington, District of Columbia, Sister Michael Kathleen was a member of Nativity Parish and a graduate of Academy of the Holy Names. She entered the congregation in 1948 and professed her first vows in 1951. She earned a BS in English from Mount St. Mary’s University and an M.Ed. in Management and Supervision from Loyola University Maryland. She ministered primarily in education.

Sister Michael served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for 58 years. She taught elementary grades in Baltimore City at Saints Phillip and James School, St. Katharine School, and Shrine of the Little Flower School. She then taught sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at Immaculate Conception School in Towson and seventh and eighth grades at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer in Baltimore. Following a few years teaching in Bethesda, Sr. Michael returned to St. Clement as principal of the school for 23 years. After her time at St. Clement, she spent more than a decade volunteering at The Catholic High School of Baltimore.

In 2014, Sister Michael became a resident of Assisi House, the congregation’s retirement residence in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, where she served in prayer and hospitality ministry until her death.

Additional ministry includes five years in the Archdiocese of Washington where she taught seventh grade at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Bethesda, Maryland.

All services will be held in Assisi House on Monday, October 19, 2026, and will be livestreamed. A Christian Wake Service will be held at 9:30 A.M. followed by viewing. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 A.M., and burial will follow in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery in Aston. Sister Michael Kathleen is survived by her nieces and nephews, and her Franciscan family. Donations in her name can be made to the Sisters of St. Francis Foundation, 609 S. Convent Road, Aston, PA 19014.

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