Sr. Amélia Deveau, Fille de Jésus, passed away on May 22, 2020 at Monarch Hall in Riverview, N.B. She was 100 years old and in the 61st year of religious life. Born in Saulnierville, N.S. in 1920, she was the daughter of the late Charles Comeau and the late Françoise Surette. She was in a family of six children.
Besides her religious family, Amélia leaves her brother Edouard and his wife Lucille from Yarmouth, N.S. and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased par her parents, by her sisters Lorette, Cécile and Delphine and by her brother Lawrence.
Having taught school for several years before entering religious life, Amélia pursued her teaching experience for two years. Then she worked first in the administration of the Dalhousie Hospital in N.B. for a few years, then in that of the MacGillivray Guest Home in Sydney, N.S. for fifteen years and finally as director of the senior’s Home in Grand Anse, N.B. She was superior of the community at Sydney and later at that of the senior sisters at the Vice-Provincial House in Moncton.
She was particularly happy doing volunteer service for a number of years in her own parish of Saulnierville, N.S., as well as at the Assumption Seniors’ Home in Rogersville, N.B.
Due to the pandemic and as requested by her religious family, a private prayer service will be celebrated at Frenette Funeral and Cremation Centre, Moncton (858-1900). Interment will be held at Our Lady of Calvary cemetery, Dieppe.
Words of comfort may be made at www.frenettefuneralhome.com