Sr. Lucienne Rondeau, p.m.

Sr. Lucienne Rondeau, p.m., 100, (Sr. Raphael-Marie), of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, Manchester, died March 13, 2025 at St. Joseph Residence.

She was born in Newport Center, VT on February 20, 1925 to Joseph and Eveline (Leblanc) Rondeau. She made her religious profession in 1953 and served in the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation Mary for over 71 years.

Sr. Lucienne worked in various community services, mostly as a cook for 19 years. She then studied at Merrimack College and at the University of Portland in Maine to certify as a nurse assistant and for pastoral care of the sick and elderly. She later worked as a CNA at Notre Dame Nursing Home in Biddeford, ME and at the Presentation of Mary Nursing Home in Methuen, MA. This was a ministry she loved for over 25 years.

She retired in 1975 in Methuen where she helped at the Rosary Boutique making rosary beads. She later resided at the Alliance Health at Marie Esther in Marborough, MA, St. Joseph Residence in Biddeford, ME and St. Joseph Residence in Manchester where she crocheted hats, scarves and mittens for the poor.

Sr. Lucienne was predeceased by her parents; her sisters, Sr. Francoise Rondeau, p.m., Noella Rondeau, Simone and her husband, Leo, Jeanne and her husband, Ernest, Theresa and her husband, Jean-Paul, Lorette and her husband, Stanley, Lucille and Aviator; her brothers, Gerard and his wife, Hermeline, George and his wife, Jacqueline, Bernard and his wife, Alice and Paul and his wife, Florence.

She is survived by many nieces and nephews.

SERVICES: A calling hour is on Friday (3/21) from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. followed immediately at 10:30 a.m. by a Mass of Christian Burial, all in the Resurrection Chapel at St. Marie Residence, 495 Mammoth Rd., Manchester. Private burial will be at Presentation of Mary Cemetery in Hudson.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Presentation Mary Retirement Fund.

Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory, Manchester is assisting with arrangements.