Necrology of Sr. Simone Belisle (Therese Eugenie), SP, 2006

Sister Therese Eugenie Belisle, SP\n(Marie Simone Belisle)\nBirth: April 24, 1912\nBirthplace: St. Andre-Avellin, Quebec, Canada\nFather: Maurice Belisle\nMother: Eugenie (Charlebois) Belisle\nEntrance to Postulancy: February 26, 1937\nEntrance to Novitiate: August 27, 1937\nTemporary Profession: February 28, 1939\nPerpetual Profession: February 28, 1942\nDeath: July 21, 2006\nVigil Service: July 23, 2006\nFuneral Mass: July 24, 2006\nSister Therese Eugenie is survived by: her sister, Valentine Nadeau; nephew, Maurice Nadeau, Montreal, Quebec; and niece Louise Lalonde, St. Eustache, Quebec, her community of the Sisters of Providence, and many other friends.\nShe was born in 1912, at St. André-Avellin, Quebec, Canada, to the family of Maurice Belisle and Eugenie Charlebois Belisle. Her siblings are all deceased except for one sister, Valentine.\nSister Therese Eugenie entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Providence at the Motherhouse in Montreal in August 1937, professed her first vows in February 1939 and her final vows in 1942. She became a U.S. citizen in 1944.\nHer educational opportunities, after graduating from St. Joseph Academy, Yakima, WA included: diploma in religion from Seattle University and from Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA; RN diploma from St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, WA in 1947; RN diploma in the State of Oregon, 1948; and RN diploma in the State of Montana, 1962.\nSister Dorothy Klingele said that when Sister Therese Eugenie came from Montreal, they took English classes together. She said, “She was a shy little sister and so sweet.”\nSister Therese Eugenie’s ministry assignments included: Mt. St. Vincent, Seattle, WA, infirmary staff 1939; Providence Hospital, Seattle, WA, domestic duties 1939-40; nursing 1958-59; Sacred Heart Hospital, Medford, OR, nursing 1947-50; Providence Hospital, Portland, OR, nursing 1950-52, St. Mary Hospital, Astoria, OR, nursing 1952-57; St. Joseph Hospital, Vancouver, WA, local assistant 1957-58; St. Mary Hospital (now Medical Center), Walla Walla, WA, nursing 1959-61; Holy Family Hospital, St. Ignatius, MT, medical and surgical patients 1961-63; St. Clare Hospital, Ft. Benton, MT, nursing 1963-64; Sacred Heart Hospital (now Medical Center), Spokane, WA, supervisor of medical and isolation patients, 1964-66, coordinator of patient services 1966-84, pastoral care associate 1984-94.\nSister retired at Providence Convent, Spokane, in 1994, but continued her volunteer work collecting and preparing clothes for the needy that were discharged from the hospital, until 1996, when she moved to Mt. St. Joseph. Sister Therese Eugenie continued to collect and distribute clothing for the poor for several years.\nSister Loretta Marie Marceau said, “No one ever went home from the hospital without being properly dressed…she could look at a person and automatically know what size they wore, whether it was a man or woman…” Sister Claudia McMillan shared that Sister Therese Eugenie was precise, organized and very caring. She couldn’t ever remember her as being unpleasant or irritable—a sweet person. Sister Claudia said, “If one needed anything, Sister Therese Eugenie would have it.”\nSister Pam White shared that Sister Therese Eugenie was always taking care of everyone in a very quiet and unobtrusive manner. If they were sick, she was there; it they needed clothing, she was there. Sister Pam remembers her beautiful blue eyes and her sweet smile.\nShe saw the future of religious life as different but hopeful …“the girls entering religious life now are older with career planning already underway…they are more mature.”\nSeveral years ago, I remember how she loved to take trips with Sister Paul Gabriel Desilets to Montreal. I would make their travel arrangements, and they would both be very excited about going. In later years, they would tease me when I would see them in the hallways of Mt. St. Joseph and ask when I was going to make more reservations for them to go to Montreal. Sister Therese Eugenie, we thank you for your life, your dedication to your ministry in nursing, and your collecting and distributing clothing for the needy. We will always hold in our memories your “Mona Lisa” smile. May you rest in peace and pray for us. “Providence of God, I thank you for all.”\nAlaine Qualls\n

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