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 The necrologies are historical documents and may contain errors, including variations in spellings and incorrect dates.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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Mother Mary Victoria, Superior General, died suddenly on Monday morning, February 6, 1950, at Providence Mother House, Heathfield, after a few days’ illness. The doctor pronounced death due to “coronary thrombosis”. Our dear Mother General was anointed but she was not...
Sister Mary James died December 14th, 1949, in the early hours of the morning at the House of Providence, Kingston. In her last moments she had the privilege of being attended by her sister, Sister M. Edward and other members of the Community. Sister M. James had...
On Tuesday evening, June 21st, 1949, Sister Mary Seven Dolors, died at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, after an illness of several months. Sister was the former Mary Agatha McMahon of Chesterville. She entered the Novitiate, then located at the House of...
On Wednesday morning, May 25th, 1949, the Eve of the Ascension, Sister Mary of Providence (Helen Josephine Brady) died, at the House of Providence, Kingston, after a lingering illness. On December 13, 1899, in early youth, Sister entered the Novitiate which was then...
On Thursday afternoon, February 3, 1949, Sister Mary George died, after a prolonged illness of several months, at St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital. Sister who was the former Matilda Marsh, was a native of England, coming to Canada as an orphan when very young. She...
Early Saturday morning, January 8, 1949, Sister Mary Redempta (Mary Alice Donovan) died at the House of Providence, Kingston, after a lingering illness of nearly two years. Sister was a native of Quebec City. She entered the Providence Novitiate, Kingston, in 1915 and...
On Tuesday morning, July 27, 1948, Sister Mary Austin died, after a lengthy illness which kept her confined to the infirmary, at the House of Providence, Kingston. Sister was the former Catherine Mugan, a native of Bothwell, Ont. She entered the Novitiate in Kingston,...
On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 1947, Sister Mary Bernardine died suddenly at St. Gregory’s Convent, Picton. She had been Local Superior at the Convent and was in her usual health until the evening of her death. Being the last day of the year she seemed to make it a...
On Saturday night, October 25th, 1947, Sister Mary of the Visitation (Emmeline Fahey) died, after a short illness, at the House of Providence, Kingston. Sister, who at the time of her death was the fourth senior member of the Community, died rather suddenly and...
On Monday morning, July 21, 1947, Sister Mary Isabel (Elizabeth Anne McNamee) died, after an illness of some months, at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville. Formerly Miss Elizabeth Anne McNamee, a native of Stanleyville, Ont., she entered the Novitiate at the...
Mother Mary Gabriel passed to her eternal reward on Monday morning, December 11th, 1946 after an illness which had kept her confined to bed for more than a year. As Mary Elizabeth Cunningham of Kingston, her native city, she entered the Novitiate at the House of...
On Saturday morning, September 9th, 1946, Sister Mary Amedia (Catherine Walsh) died at the House of Providence, Kingston, after an illness of fourteen years. She was a native of Castlebar, Ireland, and had been for some time in Canada prior to her admission to the...
On August 10, 1946, Sister Mary of Calvary, who had been ill but a few days, died an early hour on Saturday morning, at the House of Providence, Kingston. On March 25th, 1897, she entered the Novitiate and was professed in 1899. Sister was appointed to the nursing...
On July 14th, 1946, Sister Mary Cecilia (Florence Joyce) died at the House of Providence, Kingston. She suffered greatly and had been for many years a patient at St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, before coming to Kingston. When St. Mary’s of the Lake served as...
Sister Mary Alexander was called to her eternal reward on July 1st, 1946, the feast of the Precious Blood, at “Heathfield”, Kingston. Sister died after a lengthy illness which confined her to bed for nearly two years. She, who had been blessed with physical health and...
On Wednesday morning, May 1st, 1946, Sister Mary Lucille (Lucy Mary Borden) died at the Hotel Dieu, Kingston. Since her admission to the Hospital in January, her condition was considered serious. She submitted to a critical operation (removal of the spleen), since...
Sister M. Anna died on Tuesday evening, April 2, at St. Francis General Hospital, Smiths Falls. Sister had been in delicate health for some years previous, although hopes were held out for her recovery. A few weeks ago she suffered a serious relapse to which she...
On Thursday, February 28th, 1946, Sister Mary Loretta (Agnes Meagher) died at the House of Providence, Kingston. Sister was the second senior member of the Community, and had been in failing health for some years. She had become quite childlike toward the end and...
Sister Mary William died on Thursday morning, January 24, at the House of Providence, Kingston. Sister had been ill but a short time, having taught in her class room until the closing of school for the Christmas holidays. The news of her death was unexpected and...
Elizabeth Canning entered the novitiate at the House of Providence from North Adams, Mass. while our sisters were still in charge of the mission at Holyoke, Mass. Four years later, when that mission separated from Kingston and became an autonomous Motherhouse, the...
