Sister Mary Dominica Johnson

May 6, 1973 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Dominica (Catherine Johnson) was born at Dingle, County Kerry, Eire, on March 31, 1887; her parents were James Johnson and Mary Aherne. She was baptized in the parish church at Ferriter, Diocese of Kerry. When quite a young woman she came to Holyoke,...

Sister Mary Adrian O’Rourke

Apr 3, 1973 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Adrian, Anna Winnifred O’Rourke, was born at Curran, Prescott County, Ontario, on January 20, 1890, the only daughter in the family of Martin O’Rourke and Winnifred Fisher. She was baptized five days later in the parish church of St. Luke. On January 10,...

Sister Mary Rita Farrelly

May 28, 1972 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Rita, daughter of Bernard Farrelly and Elizabeth Walker Farrelly, was born at Kingston Mills on April 7, 1889 and baptized at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kingston on May 12, 1889. After elementary and junior High School she took a business course and on March 1,...

Sister Anna Marie Laffan

May 14, 1972 | Obituaries

Anna Marie Laffan, daughter of Thomas Laffan and Mary Golden was born in the parish of Greensboro, Kingston diocese, on July 11, 1895. On August 15, 1914, at the age of nineteen she entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Providence, but homesickness for her parents...

Sister Mary Cecile Koster

Apr 17, 1972 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Cecile, the former Kathleen Cecilia Koster, was born in Toronto on November 12, 1893, daughter of Matthew Koster and Catherine McDonnell. She was educated at Sr. Patrick’s School and St. Joseph’s Convent. Although Cecilia (or Cecile as she was called) felt...