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Sister Catherine Donnelly described her mother as "wonderful, deeply religious, actively Christian, self-sacrificing, a loving mother, loved by our neighbours."
Dr. Beck gives a brief synopsis of Catherine's family: "Hugh and Catherine Donnelly had seven children: Mary Gertrude, born in 1880, died when she was eleven; Bridget Ellen, born in 1881, died when she was sixteen; Joseph, born around 1882, died in infancy; Catherine Donnelly born on 26 February 1884, lived until she was ninety-nine; Thomas Ambrose, born in 1888, died in 1892 from sunstroke. (He was the only sibling for whom Catherine listed a cause of death.) Elizabeth Theresa (Tess) was born in 1890 and died at the age of seventy-four; Mary Loretto (Sister Justina CSJ), the youngest child, born in 1894, was eighty-seven when she died in 1981. Sister Catherine's grandparents, her parents, and five of her brothers and sisters are all buried on a knoll marked by a fine tombstone in the little cemetery adjacent to the Church."
According to Dr. Beck's biography of Sister Catherine Donnelly, her mother's obituary appeared in the Alliston Herald:
"A sad affliction visited the home of Mr. Hugh Donnelly, Tossorontio, on Monday at noon, when Mrs. Donnelly passed away after a lengthy illness. The deceased was a woman who was held in very high esteem by all who knew her and will be mourned by a large circle of friends. She is survived by her husband, and three daughters, who have the sympathy of the community in their sad loss."
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