Sister Jeanne Parent, SP
December 27, 1908 - July 31, 2009
Obituary
Sister Jeanne Parent, SP
Sister Jeanne Parent Sister Paul Joseph died on July 31, 2009 at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle, Washington at 100 years of age after 71 years as a Sister of Providence. The Vigil Service will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel at St. Joseph Residence, 4800 37th Avenue SW, Seattle, Washington, and the Funeral Mass will be celebrated there on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Seattle. Bonney-Watson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Sister Jeanne Parent was born on December 27, 1908, in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada to Adrien and Cecile Brillant Parent. She was the eldest of twelve children. When she was seven, her family moved to a farm in Roxton Falls, near Montreal.
Sister Jeanne entered into the Novitiate on May 18, 1938, made her first profession on November 19, 1939, and her final vows as a Sister of Providence on November 19, 1942. Three of her sisters Isabelle, Gilberte, and Gabrielle and two of her aunts Sister Cresence and Mother Pascal became Sisters of Providence.
In 1947, she received her high school diploma at Providence Academy in Vancouver, WA. In 1956, she attended an ‘Institute of Spirituality’ course at Notre Dame University in Bloomington, Indiana. In 1956 and 1959, she took courses in accounting at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Sister Jeanne was sent to the West and, after arriving in this country, she took care of the Sisters at St. Joseph Residence in Seattle and set about learning English. She worked in nursing services at Providence Mt. St. Vincent, in Seattle, WA 42-46. She then worked in business offices at the following institutions: Providence Portland, Portland, OR 46-47; St. Luke Infirmary, Centralia, WA 7/47-10/47; St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, WA 47-49; Providence General Medical Center, Everett, WA 49-50; Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, OR 50-61; St. Mary Hospital, Astoria, OR 61-68; and Providence Heights, Issaquah, WA 70-74.
In 1974, she began a new ministry working as a receptionist at St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, OR for the next 20 years. Sister Jeanne began her retirement in 1995 in Portland, OR and then moved to St. Joseph Residence in Seattle, WA in 2002.
Sister Jeanne’s parents and six of her siblings preceded her in death. She is survived by two brothers, Edgar Jacqueline Parent, Quebec, and Roger Martine Parent, Quebec and three sisters, Antoinette Parent, Quebec; Therese Parent Mongeau; and Sr. Gilberte Parent, Seattle, WA. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, grandnephews, grandnieces, cousins, friends, and her community of Sisters of Providence.
Memorial contributions in her honor may be made to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund, 1801 Lind Avenue SW, #9016, Renton, WA 98057-9016.
I did not know Sr. Jeanne personally , but I spent many days of my childhood visiting your sisters with my family. My great aunt was Sr. Dolorita. I miss the connection with the sisters. I will pray for your commuity during your loss.
Sr. Jeanne worked at the Information Desk at Providence St. Vincent Hospital when I knew her. She was always the sweet and smiling first person visitors found when they entered. She was a kind and gentle person and loved by all of us who worked with her.
Thank you Sr. Jeanne for being you.