Recent Deaths

Sister Mary Eugenia Tremblay
1921–2016

Sister Mary Eugenia Tremblay, 95, died peacefully on May 5, 2016, at Addolorata Villa, Wheeling, Ill. She was born in Chippewa County, Colburn Township, Wisconsin on August 16, 1921 to Alexander and Magdalen (Russell) Trembay the youngest of seven children and grew up in Ladysmith, Wis. She joined the Servants of Mary in 1937.

After she was professed in 1939, she attended Rusk County Normal School for two years, and received her teacher’s certificate. She then was assigned to teach kindergarten for eight years. She took summer courses at Viterbo College in La Crosse, Wis., Fordham University in New York, and De Paul University, Chicago, where she earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in English. After graduating from DePaul, she went on to study for a year and a half at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., graduating with an MA in English.

Besides teaching kindergarten, Sister’s other teaching experiences included teaching in Servite staffed elementary schools in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She served as professor of English at Mount Senario College, Ladysmith, Wis., and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Sister authored two books of poetry and a historical novel, "Healing Saint: St. Peregrine, Servant of Mary."

Sister Eugenia, together with her older sister, Sister Mary Celestine, moved to Sherman, Ill., in 1981 and worked with the elderly for nine years. The sisters retired in 2000 and moved to Addolorata Villa, where they volunteered in the activities department. In 2005 they moved to Felician Village in Manitowoc, Wis., to be closer to their elderly brother, Father Eugene Tremblay, OMI. They returned to Addolorata Villa in 2008.

Sister Eugenia died in her 77th year of religious profession. She was preceded in death by her parents and all her siblings.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Addolorata Villa on May 12, 2016. Burial was in the convent cemetery in Ladysmith.

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