CLAIRE MARIE PRENDERGAST (JEROME)

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CLAIRE MARIE PRENDERGAST (nee JEROME) Funeral Mass was Celebrated on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, 320 St. Charles Street with Rev. Fr. Paul Tinguely presiding. Interment followed in St. Charles Parish Cemetery immediately following the Mass. Wojcik's Winnipeg Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, 2157 Portage Avenue, 204.897.4665, is in care of arrangements. wojciksfuneralchapel.com
Publish Date: Mar 1, 2014

CLAIRE MARIE PRENDERGAST (nee JEROME) It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Claire Prendergast, at Deer lodge Centre on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 after a brief but valiant fight with pneumonia. Claire is lovingly remembered and deeply missed by her husband of fifty-four years, John; sons Michael and Robert; daughter Louise (Bruce); granddaughter Lauren; and grandsons Bryson, Coleton and Liam. She will also be missed by her very special cousin, Pierre Nantel of Boucherville, QC. On July 30, 1937, Claire was born at Notre Dame Hospital in Montreal to her parents Romeo and Lucille Jerome (nee Brosseau). Her elementary schooling was taken in French and she attended an English high school, resulting in her being fluently bilingual. In September 1955 Claire entered the three year nursing program at St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal. Upon graduating as a R.N. in June 1958 she immediately began her nursing career at the Montreal Children's Hospital working in the premature ward. In May 1959 Claire married her husband, John, who was a RCAF navigator based at Rockcliffe on the outskirts of Ottawa. They had been raised on the same street in Montreal and Claire had attended high school with his sisters. The marriage led to a temporary stoppage of her nursing career as she travelled with John and raised a family on successive postings after Ottawa to Trenton, ON, Rivers, MB, St. Hubert, QC, Comox, BC, Canberra, Australia and finally and permanently to Winnipeg in 1976. Now that her children were in high school Claire felt it was time to resume her nursing career, which she greatly missed. After an extensive nursing refresher course at Red River College, Claire in 1978 began working at Golden West Centennial Lodge. She immensely enjoyed looking after the elderly residents. Sadly, the onset of severe arthritis forced her to retire from nursing in 1992. Funeral Mass will be Celebrated on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, 320 St. Charles Street with Rev. Fr. Paul Tinguely presiding. For those who wish, viewing will be held prior to Mass. Interment will follow in St. Charles Parish Cemetery immediately following the Mass. Also following the Mass, a reception will be held in the Church hall. The family wishes to express its heartfelt thanks to the nursing and administrative staff of Deer Lodge Hospital Lodge 5 for the wonderful care and concern they showed for Claire during the 13 months that she was a resident. In lieu of flowers the family requests that, if desired, a donation can be made in Claire's name to the Arthritis Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Wojcik's Winnipeg Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, 2157 Portage Avenue, is in care of arrangements. wojciksfuneralchapel.com 204-897- 4665.
Publish Date: Feb 22, 2014

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 01, 2014