Doris graduated from Mount Merici Academy in 1949 and in July of that same year she became postulant, Sister Mary Therese, of the Ursuline Sisters Roman Catholic Religious Order. Took her first vows and received her white veil. Realizing that this was not her vocation she returned to Brunswick.
On Aug. 27, 1955, Doris married George Dominic St. Onge. Together Doris and George had three sons. Philip St. Onge and his wife Crystal and their three children of Winslow, David St. Onge (deceased) and his two children George and Todd of Palm Bay, Fla., and Robert St. Onge of New York City and Augusta, Maine, and his partner John Reny of Augusta. Her husband predeceased her on Oct. 16, 2013.
In 1962 the family moved to Winslow, Maine, where her husband George owned and operated Dexter’s Drug Store. During this time, in addition to being a homemaker she also volunteered at Saint Andres Home for Adoptive Services and was a member of Mount Merici Academy Alumni Association and later was employed as the Mount Merici Academy bookkeeper.
Later in life the couple returned to Brunswick to care for Doris’s mother Adrienne and her sister Alice. She was a parishioner of St. John’s the Baptist Church, spoke fluent French, was an accomplished pianist, enjoyed Broadway theater, and was Tony Bennett’s number one fan.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Friday, May 30, 2014, at St. John the Baptist Church, 39 Pleasant St., Brunswick, Maine 04011.
A committal service will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, June 16, 2014, at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 163 Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta, Maine 04011.
Special thanks goes to the entire Dionne Common family who lovingly took care of her with their unsurpassed care for the last four and half years. As well as Chans Hospice.
Memorial donations may be made to Dionne Commons Activities Fund, 24 Maurice Drive, Brunswick, Maine 04011.
Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, where memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.
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