Miss Anne (Nancy) Donnellan, sister of the late Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan, died Nov. 23 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta where she had been admitted a few days earlier for tests. She was 74.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Nov. 27 at the Cathedral of Christ the King by Monsignor John Carlin of New York City, a high school and seminary classmate of her brother's. Bishop James P. Lyke, OFM, presided and more than 30 priests of the archdiocese were concelebrants.

Burial was near the archbishop's grave in Arlington Cemetery.

Miss Donnellan was known as Nancy to her many friends. She came to Atlanta to live about 12 years ago, according to Father John Hennessey, a friend for many years. Before that she had been a secretary at Texaco Corp, in New York City. "Nancy carried out in her quiet way works of mercy," Monsignor Carlin said, speaking of her support of many Catholic institutions and causes, and of priests. Test results that had not yet been disclosed to her showed she had cancer, several friends said.

She was active in pro-life activities with other parishioners at Christ the King and was a member of the St. Theresa Circle. She had worked with Sister Mary Jeannette Crosson, GNSH, in ministering to patients at Nurse Care. She also belonged to auxiliaries of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home and St. Joseph's Hospital and to Friends of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

She was recently appointed to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

She was born March 1, 1916, in New York City, to Andrew and Margaret Egan Donnellan. She and her brother were the couple's only children. Cousins in New Your and Ireland survive.

She attended Catholic schools and received her B.A. from Hunter College.

Contributions in her memory may be sent to the Archbishop Donnellan Fund at St. Pius X High School, 2674 Johnson Rd., NE, Atlanta 30345.