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Sister Bonaventure
Jean Marie Bannerman was born on 19 March, 1910, in a hotel in Mangonui in the far north where her parents, George and Christina, were hotel keepers. A few years after her birth her father went to War, was reported missing and never returned...
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Sister Loreto Curry
Margaret Anne Curry, daughter of Frederick Curry and Doreen Marie (nee Beale) of 312 High Street, Carterton, was born in Masterton on 14 June, 1936. Loved sister of Natalie Cheer, Gerard, John, Michael, Patrick and Marie Therese
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Sister Mark McLaughlan
Cecilia Margaret was born in Darfield, Canterbury. Her parents were Daniel and Johanna McLaughlin and she had three brothers and three sisters. Cecilia entered the Sisters of Compassion in 1936.