SISTER NORA MARIE DIGGIN, SC, age 89, died at Caritas Christi, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg on August 20, 2018. A Pittsburgh native, Sister Nora Marie entered the congregation of the Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1953, from Saint Stephen parish in Hazelwood. She was preceded in death by her parents, William J. and Nora (Ware) Diggin, and three sisters, Sister M. Felicita, SC, Joan Diggin, and Mrs. Mary (William) Schuster. Sister Nora Marie is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Leonore ( Richard) Holan, Mrs. Patricia (Regis) Letzelter, nieces and nephews. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Seton Hill University and taught students in schools of the Altoona-Johnstown, Greensburg, Pittsburgh, and Tucson dioceses and the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington. In 1987, Sister Nora Marie was appointed insurance clerk for the sisters. From 1990 until her retirement in 2009, she was the director of insurance programs and central checking programs for the sisters. In reflecting on her life as a Sister of Charity, Sister Nora Marie stated, “I am grateful for the gift of my religious vocation and for the many opportunities I have received to serve God’s people.”
