Sister Mary Blanche Corrigan

Mar 24, 1972 | Obituaries

Mary Alice Corrigan was born at St. Foy, Quebec on July 28, 1889, one of eight children of Thomas Corrigan and Helen McCartney, and was baptized three days later in the parish church of St. Foy. As a young woman she graduated from the Nurses’ Training School of the...

Sister Mary of Lourdes Poulin

Mar 24, 1972 | Obituaries

Eva Poulin was born in Toledo, Ontario, on January 21, 1886, the daughter of William Poulin and Winnifred Jane Corcoran. She was baptized by Reverend Michael Spratt, later Archbishop of Kingston. When she was six years old her family moved to Smiths Falls where her...

Sister Mary Zita Welsh

Dec 23, 1971 | Obituaries

Sister Mary Zita has the distinction of having reached the most advanced age of any member of the Sisters of Providence, Kingston, since its foundation in 1861. When she died on December 28, 1971 she was 97 years and 5 months. When the Community was only thirty-seven...

Sister Mary Ignatius Masterson

Nov 3, 1971 | Obituaries

Anna Genevieve Masterson was born in Cantin, New York, on July 27, 1893, daughter of James Masterson and Eileen Foley, natives of Chesterville, Ontario. When Anna was a year old her parents returned to their native village and she grew up and received her early...

Sister Mary Geraldine Egan

Sep 7, 1971 | Obituaries

On September 7, 1971, death claimed one of our veteran members, Sister Mary Geraldine, in the 88th year of her age and the 68th of her religious life. Margaret Anne Egan was born November 8, 1883, in the village of Westport and baptized five days later in the parish...