These are not typical obituaries, in fact in the world of consecrated life we refer to them as necrologies. These biographical sketches are written by the General Secretary of the congregation shortly after the death of each individual sister. The necrologies are historical documents and may contain errors, including variations in spellings and incorrect dates. The necrologies are presented here as they were written.
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Sister Mary Gonzaga died in the Marian Infirmary, Heathfield, on May 22, 1966, after an illness of several months. Although at the time of her death she was in her eighty-fourth year, she had been retired from teaching only six years, and for only three of these years...
Sister Mary Henry died suddenly at the Marian Infirmary, “Heathfield” on April 27, 1966. Sister was born in Chesterville, Ontario, the daughter of Thomas McMahon and Mary Ann Kearney from whose family of six, three dedicated themselves to God as Sisters of Providence....
Sister Mary Scholastica was born in the parish of Kilmactique, in the diocese of Achrony, Eire, one of the eight children of Thomas Brennan and Bridget Healy. The atmosphere of that home may be judged by the fact that four of the eight children devoted themselves to...
Sister Mary Matthew, daughter of William Kelly and Catherine Ellen Farrell, was born in the town of Brockville and received her elementary education there. After high school at the Convent of Notre Dame, Kingston, she entered the Novitiate at the House of Providence...
Sister Mary Macrina died suddenly on Thursday, September 17, at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville. This is the last fact to be recorded in the almost forty-five years in the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. She was a daughter of...
Sister Mary Rose of Lima died March 29th in Providence Hospital, Moose Jaw, Good Friday afternoon, exactly at three o’clock. The hour was remarkable in so far as it was a reminder of that first Good Friday, and like the good thief who “stole Heaven” it is to be hoped...
Sister Mary Josepha died Saturday morning, February 29, 1964, after a lengthy illness at St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital. Honora McDermott was born in the city of Quebec, daughter of the late Joseph McDermott and Annie O’Farrell of that city. She entered the House of...
Sister Mary Eucheria of the Sisters of Providence, “Heathfield,” died on Wednesday morning January 29th, after a lengthy illness. The former Rose Garvey, a daughter of the late Joseph Garvey and Bridget Dunnigan, was born in Buckingham, Que. She entered the Novitiate...
Sister Mary Barbara, after a lengthy illness, died in the Marian Infirmary on Thursday, August 8th, 1963. Sister came as a patient to the Infirmary in April 1955, and at that time was transferred from St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, where she had been in...
In 1906, Annie Brennan, daughter of Thomas Brennan and Bridget Healy Brennan, left her home in County Sligo, Eire, to offer her services to God in our young country, which was still for the most part a field for foreign missionaries. The Brennan family home was the...
Sister Mary Benita, a patient at the Marian Infirmary, Heathfield, for the past two years suffered a fractured hip in a fall on Wednesday, July 10, 1963, and was taken immediately to the Hotel Dieu. Sister was up and around as usual and went to visit her sister the...
Sister Mary Bernadette died April 11, 1963, at the Hotel Dieu, Kingston. Three weeks previous she was admitted to the hospital for tests and treatment by order of her doctor, but Sister was so weak that the tests were not completed at the time of her death which was...
Sister Mary Victor died Friday morning, December 28th, Feast of the Holy Innocents, in the Marian Infirmary where she had been a patient over the past eight years. A native of Mayo, Que., the former Margaret Dunnigan, as she was known, entered the Novitiate, then at...
Sister Mary of the Precious Blood (Lilly Janet Gauthier) died here in the Marian Infirmary, Providence Mother House, “Heathfield” early Wednesday morning, April 4, 1962. Although in delicate health for many years Sister was able to be around and regularly at daily...
Sister Mary Margaret died on Sunday afternoon, November 12, 1961, at the Marian Infirmary, Providence Mother House, “Heathfield” after an illness of more than two years. The former Miss Annie Masterson was born in Chesterville, Ont., daughter of the late John...
Sister Mary Bertille Coyne died September 22, 1961. When Dorothy Coyne applied for admission to the Providence Novitiate in 1925, she was already well known to the Community. Born in Chesterville, she was the eldest daughter of Bernard Coyne and Rose Kearns; she...
Sister Mary Genevieve (Mary Loretto Corboy) died at the House of Providence on Tuesday, August 8th after a prolonged illness. Born and educated in Gananoque, this promising young lady, in due course felt herself drawn to religious life, and on Dec. 26th, 1915 she made...
Sister Mary Romana, the former Catherine Mulligan, died after a lingering illness at the Marian Infirmary, Heathfield, Wednesday July 5th. Sister was in the forty-sixth year of her religious life. Born in Picton, Ontario, she was a daughter the late James Mulligan and...
Sister Mary Norbert died suddenly of a heart attack on Saturday evening, March 4th, at St. Francis General Hospital, Smiths Falls. Although ill health forced her to retire from teaching three years ago, she was still active and able to help with light duties around...
Sister Mary Brendan died on Thursday, December 22nd at 6.00 p.m., after a lengthy illness. Bridget Agnes Walsh was a native of County Mayo, Ireland and left her native land fifty-five years ago to join the Sisters of Providence Community in Kingston. This young girl...
