SISTER EVA CLAIRE

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SISTER EVA CLAIRE (HELEN SWENOR) On Monday, March 20 at 9:30 a.m., Sister Eva Claire (Helen Swenor) died peacefully in her convent, the Residence Jesus-Marie, St. Boniface at the age of 90. Born in Shoreham, Vermont, Sister Eva Claire was educated in Quebec and entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names in 1926. She taught in New York, Duluth, Detroit, Chicago and Windsor before being transferred to Winnipeg in 1961. At St. Marys Academy she directed what was known at the time as the Commercial Class. There she was greatly appreciated by the many students she prepared so well for the business world, as well as by the employers who received them. Sister Eva Claire worked in the Chancery Office of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg from 1972 to 1976. That year she returned to St. Marys Academy where she served for another decade, first as the school Treasurer and then as Archivist. She is predeceased by her sister Emeline-Marie of Tampa, Florida also a Holy Names Sister and by her brother Arthur of Richville, Vermont. She is survived by her brother Edward of Addison, VT. Prayers will be held at the Residence Jesus-Marie, 321 Avenue de la Cathedrale, St. Boniface on Wednesday, March 22 at 5:00 p.m. The funeral, presided by Father J. Driscoll, S.J. will be at this same address on Thursday, March 23 at 10:15 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in honour of Sister Eva Claire to the Bursary Fund of St. Marys Academy would be gratefully accepted. The Desjardins Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements, 233-4949 or toll free 1-888-233-4949.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 22, 2000