(died 30 Aug. 1991, aged 74), sister in religion. (Sister M. of St. Regina of the Sacred Heart) Born at Williamstown, GC. Parents: Wilfred Lefebvre and his wife Regina Leblanc. She was educated at Williamstown, at Iona Academy, and at the University of Ottawa. In 1938, she entered the congregation of the Sisters of Holy Cross. As a sister, she taught elementary school at St. Raphael’s and high school in Ottawa and Plantagenet, and was principal at Iona. After retiring from teaching, she worked for 9 years at the Indian Mission Station at White Dog Reserve in Kenora, Ont. Later, having “returned to her native Glengarry,” she revisited the reserve “many times.” Also, for several years she was programme director at Mount Carmel House, St. Raphael’s. Sister Simone Lefebvre died at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Cornwall.
Glengarry News 18 Sept. 1991 (QF) * History of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Williamstown, Ontario (1997) 76 (portrait)