Putnam patriot., 1925-09-04
LOCAL SISTER OF THE
 HOLY GHOST DIES
Sister Joseph Clement Stationed h Belgium During Horrors
 of War

Oa AgE 5. ased. at St Francis Hasu5fal f ffforI af fhe age af taenlg-line. Sister Joseph Clement. belonging ta tne Order 0f tbe sis- ter- sf tbe Holy Ghgst 8f this eItg.
 Sister Joseph was born in Brittany and at tne age of seventeen entered Che Aoviciate of the Holy Ghost sis- teFa IH St. Buene. France. 4f the close Of her ean0Hieai year in March, 1924. her saperi0Hs sent her 70 @ small town in Belgium where she was giv- e8 the care of young orphans This young sister vent of healthy, gay and full 0f goodwill, little foreseeuing the dreadful events she gas t0 under 20. Nothing extraordinary in her life until the war of 1924 broke out unless we mention that she did sordi- nary things" in an extraordinary way always smiling and forgetfui Of self
 Horrors Of the War
 A terrible event for the little com munitg. when iH August. 1924 war was declared. for t was right on the front lines The Sisters would have Bed but they stayed where they were and at the price of their own lives tney watched faithfully over the soaug children entrusted to their care. + Was then that the dear sis- Ger showed great courage and virtue To relate all she haFdshlps sHe and har eaHp paaHaHs HHa t8 face would b. te9 long to mention here. Let as ualg notice that for three years most af the nights were spent iu damp cellars Hhere sisteHs and aEph-
 ta4k refuge ta escape tHa German shells +erF frequently t4o. the Com sent H#s HaHseFHH by hungry Ger man soldier Then fNice Sisters and E children were poisoned -auce b8 Halsaa the GermaHs had put iH tae bft a and another in rice. God Was watching over the little community 0lth special care for after F feW days af great suffering everyone Was sell again But since then Sizfer Joseph. who had the courage to stay up and nurse The others. has been continually suffering. this event having been stat- ed the remote cause of her premature death She may be well termed victim of the Great War
 In 1918 our deaf Sister and her companions obtained from the Ger man authorities permission to return to France But what journey be- fore reaching the mother country For hong distance they had 70 drag tine younger children together With lhc luggage In little carts When of Ihe fHaat tbe refugee #eHg packed u tHa trains the Germans used t0 ffauFaf1 tbaf horses t5 the front
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 aa5 te eis# helping haui in spite af the continual afruu tmat were gradually bringing her td the grave.
 Suffers Wnhou, Complaint
 The Supefiors wishing Co make
 
 sister, sent hHr last July to St Fran cis' Hospital for treatment. The doe tors thought an oueratian miHbf pro- long the young Sisters life This was done twice within months time but it was toa late. the organs were aiready in a state of decay. For q whole month after the operation our courageous Sister was on a bed of in- tense suffering but never losing that angelieal smile. never complaining. grateful Co all iu word she was source of edification te all who ap- proaehed her Cur dcar little Sister was called Co enjoy her Heavenly re- ward on Aug 8. at g.30 D. m.
 Her body was brought from Hart ford to the Provincial House on hureh street where she was laid out m our chapel Here a requiem mass was sung for che repose of the dear departed soul and from here too the body wae brought to St Mary's ceme- terv followed by sixty Sisters and NoViees of tbe Holy Ghost Order, who marched slowly Co Che burial ground after thc hearse
 Sister Joseph leaves behind her a heloNed mother. two brothers and a
 ter In Brittany who were auNiousiy eaItIas her return That Was ta take place u 1926 in Heaven they will Uelf