The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-12-13
SANITY WOMAN GONE.
Sister CiotiEda, For More Than Half a
Century Faithful Laborer in the
Lords Vineyard, Passes TO Her
Eternal Reward,
EternaI Reward

Never mas 4he Chief been called
| 4pol 10 peIIofu a sauueI uuCy tnan
/ DIV becomes our sOrroWfui junction
tnat OF cnronlellng the death OF Sis
/ Ter ClotIIua, Tor more than half q
century faithful andt Jealous labor
er III The vineyard OF the Lord, and
lor thirty years Of tnat period -he
/ capable mother superior OF st. Vim
| cents Institute in this city, who
passed to her eternal reward at
| $3.50 O'Clock Wednesday morning, at
st. Vincent,s Orphan Asylum in New
orleans. The venerable nun left
here in September for Mobile, to
receive medical treatment at an in
stltutlon in that city conducted by the
Sisters OF Charity. but when it was
seen that nothing could be done to
restore her health and that the end
was slowly but surely approaching,
she expressed a desire to return to
DonaldsonFille, where she had spent
the greater part of her long and use
Iul life. Upon reaching New Orleans
on the homeWard trip, in the latter
part of November, her condition be-
came so feeble that she was unable
TO continue the journey, so she was
taken to st. Vincent's 5 Asylum. and
there passed peacefully away Wednes-
Gay morning. Sister Angelica, who
IS the sister superior of the asylum,
was for number of years connected
with the Donaldsonvil1e institution of
the order, and was a close friend of
Sister Clotilda, SO that the latter was
entirely at home at the asylum and
Was given devoted and tender care.
The remains of the lamented sis
ter We're brought to Donaldsonyille
w ednesoay nIgul on the l:oz O'Clock
i. and F. tram and We're conveyed
chapel OF 81. glucouG.s InsUl-
Gute. they were accompanied by
SISTER Angelica and Sister Margaret
OF st. Vincent's Asylum, Rev. V. M. |
ocramuzza. rector OF ST. Marys |
Church il New Orleans, and Elphege |
also Of the latter city. A |
large assemblage Of citizens of Don
and vicinity, including |
members OF the local council OF |
knights of columbus and many Ia
lies, met the body at the depot up
IN the arrival of the train, and hun
treds of people passed before the
'ier Thursday to look for the last
ime upon the beloved features of the
lear sister and to breathe fer
Tent prayer for the eternal repose of
Ter spotless soul.
The last sad rites were performed
'flday forenoon in the presence of a
hfong OF people from every walk in
lie and OF every degree Of promi-
euce III The community. The funer-
Was one OF the largest ever seen
ere, and the spacious Catholic
hurch proved entirely inadequate
0 accommodate the vast crowd which
: 1hered to pay a last tribute of
especL to the memory of the saint
woman who labored so long and
IN the sacred cause of
,nflsJlan education OF the youth Of
as section. A low mass was eele-
lated early in the morning in the ii
aapel OF st. Vincens.s Institute. and t
t O'Clock the funeral cortege pro- 6
7eded to the Catholic church. where S
solemn requiem high mass was sung a
Right Rev. Canon J. M. r. Mas-i 9
ard1er, assisted by Rev. V. NJ. Scra- d
'uzza OF st. Mary's Church and Rev. +
andry of St. Stephens Church, New :
'rleans, and Rev. A. deMaurizi Of
le Church of Our Lady of Prompt
uccor W[hitecastle. Several beau a
ful musical selections were ex- S
llsite1y rendered by a special choir
male voices, composed of Brother il
heodosius, organist and director; is
rother Dorotheus, Ferrier P. Blanch- d
"a, l.. A. Flandry, Sr., and Adam \
The funeral Grafton was .
by Father Landry, of New W
who recounted the virtues Fl
ID goodnesses Of the venerable sis d
r in feeling and eloquent terms, s.
hlch moved many in the large as a
'mblage to tears. The pallbearers Il
ere Messrs. Charles Maurin, L. B. tt
attlngly, Patrick StakeIum, Joseph t
lanchard, Richard Melancon and
lphege Gaudin. Following them, ct
'arjng the lid of the casket, were te
essrs Henry Schaff, Sr, Henry cF
shaff, Jr., J. F. Me1ancon and An II
. Schexnaydre. Next in line, in -
e order named, were the Sisters of u
larity of St. Vincent,s Institute, II
embers of the Society of Children ~
Mary, and students of St. Vim >,
nt's Institute, St Joseph's Com ~ ~
ercial Institute and the Donaldson u
lie High Sshool, all of which insti- -
tions suspended class work for the ~
y as mark of respect to Sister =;
oti1da's memory. After impressive 49,
rvices at the grave, the body of the he
nented nun was tender1y laid to a.
st in the tomb of the Sisters Of r,
larity in the Catholic cemetery. p
Sister Clotilda Mcdonald was born NJ
Detroit, Michigan, April IA, 1912, "
Irish Catholic parents, James and pa
ary Mcdonald. Her mother died So
len she was very young, and her
her, a railroad contractor, moved of
New Orleans. His business neces- n,
ating his frequent absence from IT.
me, his two little daughters were of
trusted to the care OF the Sisters of Io
arity. The younger child died of n,
fever, and Sister Clotil- ar
-or. Catherine, as she was baptized 22
vas brought to DonaldsonvilIe and IA,
.ced in the boarding school conduct ho
here by the Sisters of Charity, I'M d,
the direction of Sister Mary Aus NJ
+. Catherine Mcdonald was then on
ven years of age. She remained a,
the school for he ensuing seven nv