Obituary of Maureen Butler

Butler, Sister Maureen (Helen Maureen), formerly Mother Rita Anne, entered Eternal Life on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at Villa Angela in Chatham, Ontario. She entered the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham in 1957. During those years she served as a teacher in Chatham and Tilbury. After graduating with a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Windsor in 1970, she worked in the prison system in Toronto at Milton and Maplehurst and also in the prison and hospital systems in Edmonton. From 1988 to 1992 she served on the local leadership team at “The Pines” and worked for housing development in Chatham. She moved back to Toronto in 1992 and worked with Our Lady’s Missionaries at Mary Glen Residence until 2003. On October 2013 she moved to Villa Angela in Chatham. She was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1933, the daughter of the late Columb John and Rita Ann Butler nee Cahoon. Sister is survived by her sisters Rose (Gord) Barry, Rita (Stephen) Garvin and Margaret (Peter) Kingsland and her brothers, Michael, Wilfred (Mary Kay) and sister-in-law, Margaret Butler. She is predeceased by her sister Mary Sobie, brothers Joseph, John and Gerald and step-mother Dora Young. Relatives and friends are invited to join the Ursuline Community at a prayer service to be held on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Kiva at Villa Angela, 20 Merici Way, Chatham. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Kiva at Villa Angela, Chatham followed by Interment of ashes in St. Anthony’s Cemetery. Donations in memory of Sister Maureen may be made to “Chatham Ursuline Charities or to the charity of your choice. The Hinnegan-Peseski Funeral Home, 156 William St. S. (519-352-5120) Chatham is in charge of arrangements.