Number of years professed — 37 Date of death — April 27th., 1927 Place of burial -— Mount Olive Cemetery, Halifax
The first perpetual vows in the Congregation were made in 1908.
Sister’s apostolic labors took her from Mount St. Vincent’s to the Academy of the Assumption, Wellesley Hills, where she spent the greater part of her religious life. She also spent one year at Harbor Boucher and Metegan in Western Nova Scotia. She took ill here, and had to be hos- pitalized at the old Halifax Infirmary, on Barrington Street, where, after some months of patient suffering, she died.
Sister Mary Ellen Stordy Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Name in religion — Sister Mary Bonaventure
Date of birth — October 16th., 1892
l’arents’ names — John Stordy and Margaret Murphy Date of profession — April 20th., 1924
Final profession — August 15th., 1930
Number of years professed — 33
Date of death —— January 2nd., 1958
Place of burial -——— Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, N.S.
Sister, for 20 years, gave her life to the children at St. Joseph's Orphanage in Halifax where she laboured for over twenty years. From there she was transferred to Truro, Glace Bay, New Waterford and St. Mary’s, Halifax. Her final assignment was to St. Peter’s Convent, in Lowell, Mass. Illness brought her to the Halifax Infirmary where, after a short two months of patient suffering, she died.
Sister Margaret Mabel Stordy Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Name in Religion —— Sister Madeliend De Pazzi
Date of birth — April 2nd., 1898
Parents’ names — John Stordy and Margaret Murphy Date of profession —— August 16th., 1922
Final profession — August 16th., 1928
Number of years professed — 43
Date of death — April 15th., 1965
Place of burial — Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, N.S.
Sister spent the most of her religious life caring for the children at St. Joseph’s Orphanage, and the Home of the Guardian Angel, Halifax. Part of apostolate was spent in Dorchester and Lowell, Mass, She also served at the Hamilton Hospital, North Sydney, in Glace Bay and Truro, N.S. The last three years were spent in Herring Cove from where she entered the Halifax Infirmary for her last illness and death.
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