Sister Eileen C. Smith, 94 died peacefully June 26, at McAuley Hall Health Care Center in Watchung, N.J.
Sister Eileen, the former Sister Mary Kateri, was born in Trenton and grew up in Beverly, N.J. She taught for more than 30 years in the Camden, Trenton, and Metuchen dioceses, in St. Nicholas School, Atlantic City, St. Mary School and High School, South Amboy and Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville.
In 1970 she began work with Social Services in the Camden and Metuchen dioceses and later joined the Mount Saint Mary Academy Staff working in the Guidance and Resource Center. In her retirement years she offered her services to Mount Saint Mary House of Prayer.
She retired to Gabriel Hall, the retirement center for the Sisters of Mercy, and later moved to McAuley Hall Health Care Center where she continued her ministry of prayer and hospitality.
She is survived by her brother J. Doyle Smith and a half brother Kenneth Smith, a sister, Sister Mary Madeline, RSM of Merion, Pa.
She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews and Sisters of Mercy in the Mid-Atlantic Community.