Labrecque, Soeur Cécile

Sœur Cécile Labrecque (Sœur Marie-Louis-Richard)
Rappelée à Dieu le 11 novembre 2013, à l'âge de 85 ans, après 67 ans de vie religieuse. Les funérailles auront lieu le jeudi, 14 novembre à 11 h à la Chapelle du couvent St. Joseph, Biddeford, Maine. L'inhumation se fera au cimetière St-Joseph, Biddeford, Maine

Birth Date: May 07, 1928

Death Date: Nov. 11, 2013

Sister Cecile Labrecque, formerly known as Sister Marie-Louis-Richard, died at St.
Joseph Convent on November 11 at the age of 85. Sister Cecile was born in Lawrence, MA on May 7, 1928 to Eugene Labrecque and Ludivine Roy Labrecque. Sister was the fifth child of a family of eleven children. She received her schooling at St. Joseph Elementary School in Lawrence, MA and her high school education at St. Joseph High School (later called St. Anne High) in Lawrence, MA.
On August 25, 1946, Sister Cecile entered the Congregation of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the Good Shepherd Sisters of Quebec, in Biddeford, ME. She studied at the Scholasticate in Quebec for one year. She received her B.A. in Education from St. Joseph College in Standish, ME. She earned her M.A. degree in Elementary Education from Lesley College, of Cambridge, MA. She taught in parochial schools located in Biddeford, ME and in Methuen and Lawrence, MA. She also taught in the public schools of Van Buren, ME. She was Principal at St. Joseph School, Biddeford, ME., St. Anne School in Lawrence, MA and Mt. Carmel School in Methuen, MA.
Upon her retirement from the field of education, Sister Cecile was assigned to the Bay View Convent in Saco, where she rendered many valuable community services. In 2009, she was transferred to St. Joseph Convent where she assumed the post of librarian and archivist of the Province.
Sister is survived by Sister Theresa Labrecque, S.C.I.M. of Biddeford ME, Sister Lillian Labrecque, C.O.B. of Sherbrook, P.Q., Louis Labrecque and wife Suzanne of Salem, N.H., Sister Pauline Labrecque, Aux. of the Blessed Sacrament, of Wisconsin, Albert Labrecque and wife, Claire of Florida, Raymond Labrecque and wife, Dorothy of Salem, N.H., Richard Labrecque and wife, Janet of Arizona.
Sister is predeceased by Rev. Robert Labrecque, S.M. who died in 1992 and Rev. Roger Labrecque, S.M., a missionary who died in 1987, and was buried in the Fiji Islands in the Pacific, and Sister Jeannette Labrecque, S.C.I.M. who died in 2000. She also leaves numerous nephews, nieces, grand-nephews and grand-nieces.

Visiting hours will be at St. Joseph Convent 409 Pool Street, Biddeford, ME on Wednesday, November 13, from 6-8 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. Joseph Convent, 409 Pool Street on Thursday, November 14 at 11 a.m. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Biddeford. Arrangements are by Hope Memorial Chapel, 480 Elm Street, Biddeford, ME 04005. To share condolences online, please visit www.HopeMemorial.com.