Sister Nesta Bernadine Beaudoin Obituary (1927

Sister Nesta Beaudoin, 88 Waterville - Sister Nesta Beaudoin, also known as Sister Marie Immaculata Beaudoin, formerly of Dedham and Springfield, MA and Sanford, ME, died peacefully at the Ursuline Convent in Waterville, Maine, on December 26, 2015. Born on June 30, 1927, in Sanford, Maine, she was the daughter of Emile A. Beaudoin and Bertha A. Carpentier. She was preceded in death by one brother, Aldas Beaudoin and four sisters: Agnes Hennessey, Eleita Roger, Elaine Rehn and Yvette Arsenault. She is survived by a number of devoted nieces and nephews. Sister Nesta received her elementary school education at St. Ignatius School in Sanford, Maine where she also attended St. Ignatius High School. She entered the Ursuline Sisters in July of 1945 and made her novitiate at the International Novitiate in Beaugency, France. Making her first vows in March of 1948, she then earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the College of New Rochelle, in New Rochelle, New York, and eventually a Master’s Degree in Business from the Auburn, Maine, School of Commerce and another Master’s Degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She used her education well, serving as an elementary and secondary teacher, treasurer and business manager. Her ministries led her to serve in four locations: Brunswick and Waterville in Maine, and Springfield (31 years) and Dedham (24 years) in Massachusetts. Her days among us were brought to completion in Waterville, Maine, where, at the age of eighty-eight, she served the Ursuline Community as treasurer. She died at home with the responsorial psalm of the day being, “Into your hands, I commend my spirit.” A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday January 4, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the Ursuline Community Chapel, 1 Saint Angela Way, Waterville, ME with burial immediately following in the Ursuline Cemetery. Please visit www.veilleuxfuneralhome.com to share condolences, memories and tributes with her family and Ursuline Sisters. Please consider making memorial gifts in her name to: Retirement Fund for the Ursuline Sisters of Maine and Massachusetts, 1 Saint Angela Way, Waterville, ME 04901-4617.