Sister Mary Valeria Yenta

Jan 15, 1992 | Obituaries

Valeria Barbara Yenta was born on December 4, 1895, in Renfrew. She was one of nine children born to Thomas Yenta and Antonina Zyeviski, who had migrated to Canada from Poland in 1893 with their three month old daughter. As a young girl, Valeria had a great desire to...

Sister Mary LeSage

Dec 2, 1991 | Obituaries

Mary Harriet LeSage, one of 8 children of Mitchel LeSage and Philomen Genore, was born on April 3, 1905, in Otter Creek, ON.  Mary Harriet trained as a teacher in the Peterborough Normal School and taught in Tweed, Otter Creek and Wolfe Island. In 1933, being a woman...

Sister Mary Ruth Onyski

Nov 19, 1991 | Obituaries

Cecilia Mary Onyski, eldest of seven children, was born in Ottawa on March 25, 1914, to Stephen Onyski and Anna Klym who had immigrated to Canada from Poland. From Ottawa, the family moved to Brockville where Cecilia Mary attended the Brockville Collegiate Institute...

Sister Mary Melanie Coligan

Oct 14, 1991 | Obituaries

Thomas Coligan and Margaret Daley were the parents of eleven healthy children who were nurtured and cared for with love and concern in a non-affluent, but comfortable, home at Morrisburg, Ontario. Evelyn, born on August 27, 1912, was the youngest of three girls, with...

Sister Carmel Killeen

Jul 6, 1991 | Obituaries

Carmel Josephine Killeen, the youngest of eight children, was born in Perth on March 27, 1922, to Alphonsus Killeen and Matilda Egan of Stanleyville. Carmel received her primary education at St. Bridget’s School, Stanleyville, and completed three years of high school...