Obituaries

From the first member of the congregation to pass away in 1870 to recent deaths, all the obituaries of deceased Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul are accessible and searchable. You can search by name, or use the birth date, death date and location filters.

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 The necrologies are historical documents and may contain errors, including variations in spellings and incorrect dates.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.

If you would like more information about a deceased sister please contact the archivist.

Sister Rita Hanson

Sister Rita Hanson

Sister Rita Hanson was born in Montreal on October 22, 1927 the eldest of three children of Edward Hanson and Veronica Pelletier.  When Rita was 9 years old her mother died. She and her younger siblings were then raised by their grandmother. Rita attended St....

Sister Sheila Way

Sister Sheila Way

Sheila Way was born on March 26, 1929 in Tamworth, Ontario the third of five girls of Anne Keeney and Angus Way. When she completed secondary school, she attended Peterborough Normal School. During the next few years, she taught in Douro, Indian River, Whitby,...

Sister Theresa Moher

Sister Theresa Moher

Theresa Moher was born in Peterborough, Ontario on June 6, 1928 the fifth of seven children of Albert Moher and Ann Condon. She attended Peterborough Teachers’ College and began her teaching career in September 1946 in Douro, then in Wellesley, Belleville and Toronto....

Sister Mary Labouré

Sister Mary Labouré

Sister Mary Labouré, baptized Doreen Elixene Lalonde, was born in Perkinsfield, Ontario on May 23, 1923 one of nine children of Paul Lalonde and Elizabeth Desjardens. She grew up on the family farm outside of Midland, Ontario and attended Sacred Heart School in...

Sister Irene Wilson

Sister Irene Wilson

Irene Wilson was born in Perth, Ontario on February 8, 1934, the fifth of ten children of Ruby White and William Wilson. She graduated from St. John School and Perth Collegiate. On August 15, 1952 she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent...

Sister Mary Bernadette Reichert

Sister Mary Bernadette Reichert

Mary Christina Reichert was born on April 1, 1933 in Fulda, SK the eldest of five children of Elizabeth and Sigmund Reichert. In 1945 the family moved to British Columbia because of her father’s ill health. After Mary completed high school, she wanted to be a teacher...

Sister Mary Rosaria Andries

Sister Mary Rosaria Andries

Marie Louise Andries, born on January 17, 1924 in Deloraine, Manitoba, was the youngest of eleven children of Marie Heavens and Charles Andries. Unfortunately, her mother died on February 19, 1924 and so she was raised by her uncle and aunt whom she called Papa and...

Sister Marie Dundon

Sister Marie Dundon

Marie Cecile Dundon was born in Gananoque, Ontario on May 2, 1935, the youngest of seven children of Leo Dundon and Irene Leader. She grew up in Brewer’s Mills, Ontario where she attended the local elementary school. When her mother became ill, Marie remained at home...

Sister Sheila Brady

Sister Sheila Brady

Sheila Brady was born in Perth, Ontario on March 28, 1936 the youngest of four children of Marguerite Wilson and Hugh Brady. In 1939 her mother died leaving her father with four young children. Her father’s sister, Marie, moved in to care for them. Two years later her...

Sister Anne Louise Haughian

Sister Anne Louise Haughian

Rita Mary Haughian was born on June 19, 1914 in Stanleyville, Ontario to Francis Haughian and Mary Egan. Her mother died when Rita was about 5 years of age. Since her father was not able to look after the 3 youngest children she went to live with her aunt, her...

Sister Josephine McCaffrey

Sister Josephine McCaffrey

Josephine McCaffrey was born on March 2, 1918 in Fermanagh, N. Ireland, the seventh of ten children to Mary Hamilton and Patrick McCaffrey. Her father worked in a mill where flax was prepared for a linen mill in Belfast. Her mother made Irish lace for a company in...

Sister Elaine Jacob

Sister Elaine Jacob

Elizabeth Mary Jacob, born on January 29, 1927 in Nyiracsad, Hungary was the first of four children of John Jacob and Florence Bodogany. She arrived in Montreal as a young girl with her family and attended English schools. She worked as a private secretary until she...

Sister Yvonne Patry

Sister Yvonne Patry

Sister Yvonne Patry was born in Athabasca, Alberta on August 31, 1933 the first of three children of Blanche Dion and Joseph Henry Patry. She received her education at the Athabasca Public School and the High School. She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of...

Sr. Mary Benilda Fedorowych

Sr. Mary Benilda Fedorowych

Elisabeth Fedorowych was born on October 27, 1918 in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. She was the second oldest of nine children born to Nicholas Fedorowych and Mary Filipchuk. She and her siblings attended the public school in Sifton, Manitoba. She met the Sisters of...

Sister Judith Lee

Sister Judith Lee

Judith Lee was born in Montreal on July 6, 1944 the first of five children of Margaret Ruth Hartford and Lawrence Winslow Lee. She was taught by the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Malachy School and by the Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and...

Sister Irene MacDonell

Sister Irene MacDonell

Irene Janet Theresa MacDonell was born on July 1, 1932 in Alexandria, Ontario, the youngest of seven children of Mary MacDonald and Angus MacDonell. Since her mother died shortly after Irene was born, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, considering them as her...

Sister Anna Moran

Sister Anna Moran

Anna Catherine Moran was born on June 19, 1916 in Maynooth, Ontario, the fifth child of nine children born to Frances Anne Golden and John Victor Moran. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a miner in Northern Ontario until the early 1920s when he and a partner...

Sister Rita Dimberline

Sister Rita Dimberline

Rita Dimberline was born on February 25, 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario, the second of three children of Elizabeth Lynam and Leonard Dimberline. In 1936 her family moved to King, Ontario, a settlement founded during the depression years by Father Francis McGoey. It was...

Sister Aileen Donnelly

Sister Aileen Donnelly

Aileen Donnelly, born on August 7, 1917 in MacLeod, Alberta, was the fourth of seven children born to Mary Coffey and Patrick Donnelly. Her father was a rancher in Alberta and her mother was a teacher from Ontario. In 1918 the family moved to Leamington, Ontario and...

Sister Alma Sutton

Sister Alma Sutton

Marie Alma Sutton was born on April 2, 1926 in Chandler, Quebec to Mabel Greene and Cornelius Sutton the fifth of nine children. She grew up in and attended school in Chandler. In 1945 she obtained a position with the Canadian National Telegraphs in Montreal as a...