Obituary of Sister Margaret Joan Pecore C.S.C

(Sister Mary Joan of Arc, C.S.C.) Sister Joan died peacefully at Hospice Renfrew, June 4, 2015, from bone cancer. She is the daughter of the late Archibald Joseph Pecore and the late Margaret Bernadette Davis. Born on June 14, 1933, in Eganville, ON, she entered the Sisters of Holy Cross in Ottawa, in August 1953. In addition to her Sisters in Community, she is mourned by her sister Angela Tucker, and her children, Judy Wood (Mark), Stephen (Wendy), Sandra, David (Linda), Colleen Hamilton (Bob), Elaine Azulay (Curtis), and many grandnieces and grandnephews, and great grandnieces and great grandnephews. She was predeceased by her niece Catherine. Sister Joan’s ministry of teaching at both the elementary and high school levels, took her to Ottawa (St. Joseph’s Intermediate, Pius X), Renfrew and Peterborough. Along with teaching she developed her love for music and continued to study piano, organ and the teaching of choral music, in which she excelled, particularly after she retired from teaching in her hometown of Renfrew. Here she had great success in preparing students for Conservatory exams and for participation in both the Pembroke and Renfrew music festivals! But her proudest achievement was the Renfrew Children/Youth Chorus. Young people from any school in town, could participate in this choir, making it truly ecumenical. For her contribution to the creation of unity through music she was awarded Citizen of the Year, and the Paul Harris Fellow award from the Rotary Club. Her students appreciated her and many stopped in at hospice to sing for her or to keep vigil, joining with the many devoted and generous friends who sat with her day and night as her illness took its toll! Visitation at the Goulet Funeral Home, 310 Argyle St S, Renfrew, Sunday, June 7th from 2 to 4, and 7 -9, prayer service at 3 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial, Monday, June 8th, at 11 a.m. to St. Francis Xavier Church. Burial will be in Montreal in the cemetery of the Sisters of Holy Cross, 900 Cotê Vertu, Montreal, following a prayer service at 1:30 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Pavilion. Donations to Hospice Renfrew, Holy Cross Missions, or a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Sincere gratitude is extended to Dr. Duggan, Dr. Langlois, and the devoted staff at both Renfrew Victoria Hospital and Hospice Renfrew, to Father Kerry Brennan and Father Ryan Holly for their devoted and prayerful presence, and the faithful visitors who kept vigil with Sister! Thank you, may God bless you!