Sister Mary Soto

Sister Mary Evelyn Soto, IHM, (89) was received by Our Lord on Friday, February 12, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. She was born the sixth of ten daughters to Ramon and Chonita Soto on January 31, 1927 in Tucson, Arizona. She professed to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart on May 28, 1945. Sister Mary Evelyn was the first American to be elected Mother Superior, Vicar General (Barcelona Spain) and Superior General (Rome, Italy) to her order. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Connie Molina, Mary Araneta and Celina Moreno. She is survived by Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, and her sisters, Carmen Gorosave, Anna Lopez, Lolita Rodriguez, Stella Rodriguez (Manny), Helen Reyna (John) and Sylvia De Leon (Armando) as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Recitation of the Rosary will be said on Friday, February 19, 2016, 10:00 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial to follow at 10:30 a.m. in St. Anne’s Chapel at the Immaculate Heart Convent, 3820 N. Sabino Canyon Rd., Tucson. Concluding service and interment will be in Holy Hope Cemetery.