ROBICHAUD, Sr. THÉRÈSE - Sr. Thérèse Robichaud, in religion, Sr. Marie Antoine de Jésus, f.j., passed away on May 16, 2011, at Monarch Hall in Riverview, NB, at the age of 80. She was in the 59th year of her religious profession. She was born in Dalhousie, NB, the daughter of the late Urbain Robichaud of St-Ignace, NB, and of the late Mélanie Comeau of St-Louis-de-Kent, NB. Besides her religious family, she is survived by two sisters: Dorina Poirier, of Dalhousie, and Délia Fairbairn, of Corunna, ON; two brothers: Albert and Léo Paul, both of Dalhousie, as well as several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by one sister and four brothers. Sister Thérèse spent the first 16 years of her religious life as a teacher: in Chéticamp, Arichat, Saulnierville and Rivière Bourgeois, NS; and in Dundee and Barachois, NB. Then from 1968 to 1994, she worked as a missionary at first in Dominica, but after and mostly in Columbia where she worked for 17 years. Finally, from 1995 to 2006, she did pastoral work especially in St. Stephen, NB. From 2006 on, she had to move to the infirmary. In 2010, she was transferred with her sisters to Monarch Hall, in Riverview. On Monday, May 16, she passed away during her sleep around the noon hour.
Remains resting at Frenette Funeral Home, 88 Church Street, Moncton (858-1900), on Wednesday, May 18, from 7to 9 p.m., with a prayer celebration at 7:30 p.m. The funeral mass will be celebrated at Saint-Anselme R.C. Church, Dieppe, on Thursday, May 19 2011 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery, Dieppe. www.frenettefuneralhome.com