Valentine Dumont PM

Sr. Valentine Dumont, PM (Sr. Raymond-Marie), 100, of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, Manchester, NH died September 30, 2006.

She was born in Gardner, MA on January 2, 1906 and was the daughter of Joseph and Yvonne (Legault) Dumont. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in 1925, made her first profession in 1927 and her final profession in 1932.

She earned a bachelor's degree from Rivier College and later studied at St. Benoit-du-Lac in Magog, Quebec.

Sr. Dumont taught piano, music and directed church and school choirs in Quebec, Canada at Stanhope and Montreal; in New Hampshire at St. Marie in Manchester and Berlin and in Rhode Island at Marieville and Woonsocket.

She was assigned to Rivier College in Nashua, NH for many years. While there she worked in the business office and was Director of Food Service at the Dion Center. She was also moderator of the college guild and was an active member of the Elder Hostel Group. In addition, she contributed many artistic pieces of needlework to the college including a rug-hooked banner of the seal of the college, which hangs in the main entrance of Madeleine Hall.

Sr. Dumont retired in 1996 at Hudson, NH and transferred to Manchester, NH in 2003.

The family includes a sister, Lorette Hitchcock of Westminster, MA and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday October 4, 2006 in the chapel at St. Marie Residence. Burial was in Presentation of Mary Cemetery, Hudson, NH

Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory, 1799 Elm St., Manchester was in charge of arrangements.