Sister Mary Alice McMaster (formerly Sister Rita Catherine) died peacefully in her sleep on November 15, 2025 at Mount St. Joseph in Wheeling, WV.

She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Sarah (Myers) McMaster, a brother, Joseph McMaster, and a sister, Rose Smith.

She is survived by her sister, Patricia Weaver and her brother, Frank McMaster as well as numerous nieces, nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

Sister Mary Alice graduated from Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, PA., and entered the Congregation of St. Joseph in Wheeling on August 22, 1950. She took college courses at Duquesne University for two years. Sister Mary Alice’s first assignment was to care for small children at St. John’s Home in Wheeling. She was a cook and housekeeper at the SSJ House

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