Sylvania Franciscan Sr. M. Alacoque Skoney, 90, who entered the convent from Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish in Hamtramck, died July 15 at the Motherhouse in Sylvania, Ohio. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1948 and professed her first vows in 1951.

Sr. Skoney spent 25 years teaching in elementary schools, including Our Lady Queen of Heaven and SS. Peter and Paul in Detroit, and St. Raphael in Garden City. Sr. Skoney also taught in schools in Ohio and Minnesota, and spent many years in catechetical work in parishes and assisted with pastoral care at Holy Cross Hospital in Detroit.

She is survived by a brother, Dr. Dan Skoney, other family and friends and her sisters in community. A funeral Mass was celebrated July 19 at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel in Sylvania, Ohio. Interment will be in Porta Coeli Cemetery there.