Oct. 10, 1930 – Sept. 27, 2025
Sister Frances Boudreau, S.S.J., who directed religious education programs in local Catholic parishes, died Sept. 27 at the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence in Clarence after several months of declining health. She was 94.
Born Madeleine Francoise Monique Boudreau in Highgate Center, Vt., she was among the younger of 17 children of Eugene and Maria Fournier Boudreau, farmers who were natives of Quebec.
After graduating from Highgate High School, she did factory work and in the early 1950s came to Buffalo, where her older sister Jane was a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Sister Frances entered the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Divine Child in 1954 and pronounced her final vows in August 1962. She renewed her vows in June 1977 when she transferred to the Sisters of St. Joseph.
She studied at several colleges and completed teacher training courses through the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
She was religious education coordinator for 10 years at St. Timothy’s Parish in the Town of Tonawanda, then became a pastoral associate at St. Anthony’s Parish in Lockport.
She went on to direct religious education programs at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Harris Hill and Holy Cross Parish in Buffalo.
In 1991, she accepted a position as an education consultant for religious education materials with Taylor Publishing Co., which she held for 11 years.
Since 1977, she had been providing a variety of services for senior citizens and continued until she retired in 2019.
Her sister Jane, who taught in Buffalo area Catholic elementary schools, died in 2013.
Surviving are many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Sisters of St. Joseph Residence Chapel, 4975 Strickler Road, Clarence.
Email danderson@buffnews.com.
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