Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan officiated at a solemn requiem Mass for Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy held on Tuesday July 20, at St. Thomas More Church, Decatur.

The founder and the head of the Monastery of the Visitation, Mother Cassidy, died Sunday in the monastery, 1820 Ponce de Leon Avenue, NE.

Born Margaret Cassidy in Macon, Georgia, on February 15, 1892, she is the daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Campbell) Cassidy. Mother Francis de Sales entered the Visitation Monastery in Washington, D.C., on August 14, 1912. She became a professed nun on February 24, 1914.

She was one of the sister founders of the Toledo, Ohio monastery, in June, 1915. She served for 15 years as Mistress of Novices in Toledo; and then became the Superior for three years.

She came to Atlanta in June 1954, as Mother Foundress of the monastery here with ten other sisters. She had been superior of the Atlanta monastery of eight years.

Mother Francis de Sales celebrated her Golden Jubilee as a professed nun on February 24, 1964.

Mother Francis de Sales is survived by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cassidy and family; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cassidy, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murray, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilday, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Loh, a sister, all from Washington, D.C.; Mr. and Mrs. James Collins and their daughters, Mrs. Nelson Jaslam, Mrs. Edward Leonard, Sister Mary Edward, R.S.M., Savannah, Georgia; Mr. Francis Cassidy, Miss Aloysia Cassidy and Mrs. J.V. Sheridan with nieces and nephews, Macon, Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. Val Sheridan, Sister Mary Valentina, R.S.M.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sheridan, Mr. Donald Sheridan and Mrs. Whaland and her daughter, Sister Mary Reparata, R.S.M., Baltimore, Maryland.