Memorable Manitobans: Celine Anna Houde (1931-2021)

Educator.

Born in 1931, daughter and eldest child of Aldea Beaudry (1908-1984, remarried to Henri St. Germain) and Henri Adelard J. Houde (1907-1950), she attended Benard School, Elie School, l’Academie, and College St. Joseph, and graduated from the University of Manitoba with BA (1952), BPed (1954), and BEd (1958) degrees and later, the University of Montreal and McGill University, the last at which she earned a MEd degree.

In 1958, she joined the Secular Institute “Groupe Monde et Esperance” and went on to work in Manitoba and Quebec as a teacher, administrator, and catechetical coordinator. She was Vice-Principal at Carman School (1960-1961) and Principal of Carman Collegiate (1961-1963). In 1997, she received the Caritas Award from the Catholic Foundation of Manitoba.

She died at Action Marguerite / Tache Centre in Winnipeg on 24 November 2021 and was buried in the Elie Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth [Henri Adelard Houde] and marriage [Henri Houde to Aldea Beaudry] registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), #42301 Henry A. J. Houde, GR4874, Archives of Manitoba.

In Memoriam - 1950s, UM Today The Magazine, University of Manitoba.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 November 2021, page C6.

Blessed Sacrament Parish Cemetery burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.

About the Caritas Award - Past Award Recipients, CatholicFoundation.

This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.

Page revised: 11 February 2024

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