Marion Macdonell

Marion Macdonell
Sister M. Alexander
Born	1937-10-18 Sudbury, Ontario
Died	2021-09-20 North Bay, Ontario
Occupation	music teacher and pastoral associate
Employer	The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie
Father	Alexander MacDonell
Mother	Marguerite MacDonell

Marion MacDonell ((1937-10-18)18 October 1937 – 20 September 2021(2021-09-20) (aged 83)) was a Sudbury-born member of The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie and a music teacher who served in Thunder Bay and across Northern Ontario.

Life and family

Marion MacDonell was born in Sudbury to Marguerite and Alexander MacDonell. She attended St. Joseph's College in North Bay and entered the congregation of The Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie in 1955 from her home parish of Christ the King. She later pursued theological studies at St. Michael's College in Toronto and clinical pastoral education at Toronto General Hospital.

A talented musician, she taught piano, organ, and guitar at St. Mary's Academy and various missions in Fort William, Schreiber, Sault Ste. Marie, Wawa, and Terrace Bay. She was a founding staff member of the music program at the Algoma Conservatory of Music at Algoma University College. Later in her career, she worked in parish ministry in Manitouwadge and served as a pastoral associate at St. Joseph's Hospital in Blind River. She was an active member of the Chamber Singers of Algoma and the North Bay Choral Society.

She was predeceased by her parents, Marguerite and Alexander MacDonell, and her sister Iona MacDonell. She was survived by her sister Anne Marie MacDonell, her niece Claire Greenaway, her nephew Martin Greenaway, and a great-niece Hailey.

She died on September 20, 2021, at St. Joseph's Motherhouse in North Bay. A private funeral mass was held at the Sacred Heart Chapel, followed by burial at St. Mary's Cemetery.