Anna M. Scanlan, Mother Of Manhattan College  President Brother Thomas Scanlan, Passes Away At 92

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Anna M. Scanlan died on Wednesday, July 26 at the Schervier Nursing Care Center in Riverdale, NY. She was 92. 

In 1941 she married Thomas Scanlan who pre-deceased her in 1975.  Anna is survived by her three children: Helen Auger of  North Smithfield, RI, John Scanlan of Wayne, NJ and Br. Thomas Scanlan of Riverdale, NY, who is president of Manhattan College.  She is grandmother to three and great grandmother of three. She is also survived by a sister Norma Dorsette of Rockville, MD and is predeceased by her sister, Margaret Kubin.

In 1966 she was employed at St. Ignatius of Loyola school in New York City and later joined the registrar’s office at Fordham University.  She retired in 1976.

A wake will be held at Williams Funeral Home, 233rd Street & Broadway, Bronx, NY on Friday, July 28, from 2pm to 5pm and from 7pm to 9pm.  Mass of Christian Burial will take place at Manhattan College, Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers, on Saturday, July 29 at 10 AM.  Interment follows at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne , NY.