SOEUR JEANNETTE ETHIER

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SOEUR JEANNETTE ETHIER (SAINT-CELINE) Le 26 fevrier 2002, a 6 h 30 Soeur Jeannette Ethier fit son passage a la maison du Pere. Elle etait agee de 93 ans dont 69 de vie religieuse. Son pere, Pierre Ethier, etait originaire de Sorel, QC, et sa mere, Exilda Georges, de St-Cesaire, QC. La famille demenagea a Southbridge, MA, et cest la que Jeannette vit le jour. Elle etait la cadette dune famille de 14 enfants. Elle est la derniere survivante. Son souvenir sera porte par des neveux et nieces, les membres de la communaute des Soeurs Oblates et sans doute par un grand nombre de personnes a qui elle a enseigne la musique, surtout le piano, la guitare et laccordeon. Soeur Jeannette est passe dans plusieurs de nos maisons toujours a titre de professeur de musique dont elle avait une maitrise exceptionnelle; mais ce netait pas son seul don. Sa reconnaissance ne connaissait pas de borne. Souvent elle lexprimait par ces mots: "Tes bien fine," "Comme tu es bonne pour moi," "Je taime". Aucune souffrance ne faisait disparaitre son sourire et sa joie de vivre. Sa plus grande epreuve fut la peur quelle porta jusqua son dernier souffle et quelle offrit a son Dieu en lui remettant sa vie. Son chant prefere etait: "Entre tes mains Je remets, Seigneur, mon esprit Entre tes mains, je remets ma vie. Il faut mourir afin de vivre Entre tes mains Je remets ma vie." Cest bien entre Ses mains que tu es pour une eternite bienheureuse. Les arrangements funebres ont ete confies a la Chapelle funeraire Cropo, telephon 586-8044. Les prieres auront lieu vendredi, 1 mars a 9 h 00 et la messe de la Resurrection le meme jour a 14 h 00, en la chapelle de la Maison Mere au 601, rue Aulneau. Linhumation des cendres se fera au cimetiere de St-Boniface, rue Archibald. SISTER JEANNETTE ETHIER (ST. CELINE) On February 26, 2002 at 6:30 a.m. Sister Jeannette Ethier passed away after many years of illness. She was 93 years old and 69 years as a religious. Her father Pierre Ethier was from Sorel, QC, and her mother Exilda Georges from St. Cesaire, QC. The family moved to Southbridge, MA, where Jeannette was born. She was the youngest of a family of 14 children. She was the last survivor. Her memory will be carried by her nephews and nieces, the members of the Oblate Sisters community, and very definitely by a large number of persons to whom she taught music, mainly the piano, guitar and accordion. Sister Jeannette was assigned to many of our houses, always as music teacher for which she had an extraordinary talent which was not her only gift. Her sense of gratitude knew no bounds. Very often she expressed it thus: "You are very sweet", "How good you are to me", "I love you". No amount of suffering could fade away her smile and her "joie de vivre". Her greatest trial was the fear that she carried till her last breath and which she offered to her God along with her life. Her favourite song was: "Into your hands we commend our spirit, O Lord; Into your hands we commend our hearts. For we must die to ourselves in loving you; Into your hands we commend our love." Yes, truly it is into His hands that you are now for eternity. The funeral arrangements have been confided to the Cropo Funeral Chapel, phone 586-8044. The prayers will be recited in the chapel of the Mother House, 601 Aulneau St., at 9:00 a.m. and the Mass of Resurrection at 2:00 p.m. at the same location, on Friday, March 1. Interment will take place in the St. Boniface Cemetery on Archibald Street.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 28, 2002