Martha Curry, RSCJ

Birth: June 30, 1926
Profession: July 21, 1960
Death: July 26, 2023

Religious of the Sacred Heart Martha Curry died July 26, 2023, in Atherton, California. She was 97 years old and a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart for 70 years. Martha was born on June 30, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois, to Harry Joseph Curry and Franc Mulroy Curry. She grew up with one older brother. When she was eight years old, Martha’s father died leaving her mother alone to raise her and her brother.

Shelley Lawrence, RSCJ

Birth: September 22, 1950
Profession: January 13, 1991
Death: May 29, 2023

Sister Shelley Lawrence died peacefully, at the age of 72 years, on Monday, May 29, 2023, at Elisabeth Bruyère Hospital, Ottawa.  Born in 1950 in Halifax, NS, she was the daughter of Vincent Lawrence and Dorothy Hanrahan. She spent her childhood by the sea in Ferguson’s Cove, NS, where she learned her love of fishing. Sister Lawrence entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in Boston, MA, in 1980. She made her first vows in Chateauguay, QC, in 1983, and her final profession in Rome, Italy, in 1991.

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