This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UGB.2ACI/1728 Message Board Post: I believe that my great aunt, was a Sister, who taught in the St. Mary’s Academy, which I understand was a school for girls in Monroe. She would have entered the Order about 1841 and died in January of 1894 and I believe she is buried in Monroe but not sure just where, did the Sisters have their own cemetery? I do understand that St. Mary’s Academy is no longer in operation. However I would assume that the old records of St. Mary’s Academy are located some where, if anyone could get me an address or a phone number so I could do further checking it would be appreciated. Thank you, Jim

Hi Jim, A relative of mine who attended St. Mary's Academy was recently buried at St. Joseph Cemetery, Monroe. I found the St. Mary's Church webpage: http://www.stmarymonroe.org/parish.htm 27 North Monroe Street Monroe Michigan 48162 Listed phones: St. Mary's Church (734) 241-1644 St Mary's School (734) 241-3377 Posted Betty's obit here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/trom/BettyMcDonald.htm *** Elizabeth A. (Betty) McDonald (April 5, 1932-June 11, 2001) Her gg-grandparents were the same as mine: Moses Trombley and Edesse Drouillard of Petersburg, MI ***** "Elizabeth A. (Betty) McDonald, 69, of Monroe died at 10:50 a.m. Monday in her home. She had been ill for three months. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday at Rupp Funeral Home, where a prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Paul Richert will officiate. Funeral services will be held at 9:15 a.m. Friday at the funeral home and at 10 at St. Mary Catholic Church. The Rev. Anthony Sulkowski, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Born April 5, 1932, in Ida, she was the daughter of Lynford and Thelma (Trombley) Bell. She married Lyle W. McDonald July 14, 1951, at St. Mary Catholic Church. She worked for Consolidated Paper Co., and for Bazley's Farm Market, both former Monroe businesses. She graduated from St. Mary Academy in 1950. Surviving are her husband; her mother of Toledo; six sons, Gary L., Mike P., Mark D. and Eric J. (Lois), all of Monroe, Jim E. (Kim) of Little Rock, Ark., and John T. of Willis; two daughters, Kyle A. Oakley and Karen S. (Sidney) Sova, both of Monroe; a brother, Norman of Florida; 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father. Memorial may be made to Mercy Memorial Hospice of Monroe. --- Jim <jmalarn@tc3net.com> wrote: > I believe that my great aunt, was a Sister, who taught in the St. > Mary���s Academy, which I understand was a school for girls in > Monroe. She would have entered the Order about 1841 and died in > January of 1894 and I believe she is buried in Monroe but not sure > just where, did the Sisters have their own cemetery? > I do understand that St. Mary���s Academy is no longer in > operation. However I would assume that the old records of St. > Mary���s Academy are located some where, if anyone could get me an > address or a phone number so I could do further checking it would > be appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Jim ===== Nancy Elder Petersen, Retired School Librarian New Address: 7808 NE 51st St, Apt. 139, Vancouver, WA 98662 USA Same Phone: 360-882-1039 E-mail: NancyElderPETERSEN@yahoo.com or nancyp@teleport.com ELDER, DROUILLARD Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com