Sister Mary Aquinas, Sisters of Hope Marie Claire R. Gamache

1901 - 1998  (97 years)

• Name	Marie Claire R. Gamache
  Title	Sister Mary Aquinas, Sisters of Hope
  Birth	29 Jan 1901	Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Aug 1998	Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I73332084	King/Roy | Duquette
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Stanislas Moise Ferdinand Gamache,   b. 7 May 1869, Bolton, PQ CANADA d. 24 Jun 1951, Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Angelina Michaud,   b. ca. 28 Dec 1867, PQ CANADA d. 30 Apr 1925, Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1890	Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts
  Documents » Slide Show		Federal Census 1920, Ferdinand Gamache family Fall River, Massachusetts
  		Federal Census 1910, Ferdinand Gamache family Fall River, Massachusetts
  		Federal Census 1900, Stanislas Moise Ferdinand Gamache / Angelina Michaud (F6236) 163 Division Street Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F6236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jan 1901 - Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts Death - 2 Aug 1998 - Fall River, BRISTOL, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Died: FALL RIVER -- Sister M. d'Aquin (M. Aquinas), formerly Claire Gamache, of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, 97, of Park Street, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 1998, at St. Anne's Hospital. She was born in Fall River, daughter of the late Ferdinand and Angelina (Michaud) Gamache. Sister d'Aquin entered the Dominican Order on Aug. 4, 1919, She professed her first vows in August 1921 and her final vows on Aug. 4, 1925 at St. Anne's Church. She attended St. Catherine's Novitiate High School and Sacred Heart's, then St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vt., and Providence College in Providence. Her teaching assignments spanned some 50 years. She taught at St. Anne's School and Dominican Academy in Fall River, St. Francis Xavier School in Acushnet and D'Youville Academy in Plattsburg, N.Y. After her teaching career, she served as assistant infirmarian, assistant sacristan, and portress at Dominican Academy from 1974 until her retirement in 1988. Survivors include three nieces. She was the sister of the late Irene Fisette and Armand Gamache. Arrangements under the direction of the Boule Funeral Home, 615 Broadway.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Obituary. Gamache Claire Date of death: Sunday August 2, 1998 source The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA, USA 1998-08-04 FALL RIVER -- Sister M. d'Aquin (M. Aquinas), formerly Claire Gamache, of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, 97, of Park Street, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 1998, at St. Anne's Hospital. She was born in Fall River, daughter of the late Ferdinand and Angelina (Michaud) Gamache. Sister d'Aquin entered the Dominican Order on Aug. 4, 1919, She professed her first vows in August 1921 and her final vows on Aug. 4, 1925 at St. Anne's Church. She attended St. Catherine's Novitiate High School and Sacred Heart's, then St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vt., and Providence College in Providence. Her teaching assignments spanned some 50 years. She taught at St. Anne's School and Dominican Academy in Fall River, St. Francis Xavier School in Acushnet and D'Youville Academy in Plattsburg, N.Y. After her teaching career, she served as assistant infirmarian, assistant sacristan, and portress at Dominican Academy Survivors include three nieces. She was the sister of the late Irene Fisette and Armand Gamache. Arrangements under the direction of the Boule Funeral Home, 615 Broadway.