Sister Mary Idelfonsa McCoy

Jan 26, 1975 | Obituaries

Mary Rosalie was born on a farm in County Mayo, Quebec, on July 12, 1892 – one of a family of seven of Michael McCoy and Sarah Lavell, and baptized five days later in the Church of St. Malachy by Reverend R. McGovern. Of the seven children, four embraced religious...

Sister Mary Stephane Baumann

Oct 8, 1974 | Obituaries

Mary Stephane was born in Russia on October 23, 1908, one of the ten children of John Baumann and Elizabeth Mitlafsky. The Baumann’s immigrated to Canada in 1913 and settled on a farm at Claybank, Saskatchewan, in the vicinity of Moose Jaw. They became acquainted with...

Sister Mary Iona Doyle

Sep 28, 1974 | Obituaries

Loretto Doyle was born on October 18, 1892 on a farm home near Chesterville, Ontario.  Her parents, Peter Doyle and Sarah McMahon, died when she was still young and she went to live with a married sister several years her senior. On August 15, 1919, she entered the...

Sister Mary Martin Coyne

Jun 4, 1974 | Obituaries

Mary Coyne was born on June 17, 1890 at Widnes, a suburb of Liverpool, England. Her father, Thomas Coyne, a mechanic, and her mother Mary Burke Coyne were Irish. In 1911 the family of four – parents, Mary and a brother – came to Canada and resided for four years in...

Sister Frances Pender

Feb 24, 1974 | Obituaries

Frances Pender was born in Prescott, Ontario, on June 5, 1924 and baptized two weeks later in St. Mark’s Church. Her parents, Elias Pender and Mary Noune, were born in Damascus, Syria; their six children, three boys and three girls were Canadian-born, grew up and were...