Sister Mary Clare Kolczynski, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I. for 73 years, died April 23. She was 92.
Born as Mary Anne in Philadelphia, her early life was spent in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Rye, N.Y., before the family moved to Long Island.
After high school, she worked in real estate, for the Boy Scouts of America and Coca Cola.
She entered the congregation in 1943 from Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Malverne, L.I. She took the religious name Sister Mary Clare.
She taught first-grade classes at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Lindenhurst, L.I., 1944-55; St. Ignatius Martyr, Long Beach, L.I., 1955-64; St. Kilian, Farmingdale, L.I., 1964-65; St. Fidelis, College Point, 1965-97.
For the next three years, she was a substitute teacher at St. Fidelis.
In 2000 she retired and, when St. Fidelis Convent closed, she joined the community at Harbor of Grace Convent. During this time, she cared for her infirm sister. Failing health necessitated her move to Carlin Hall Infirmary in 2015.
Burial in the Sisters’ cemetery in Amityville.
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