Genevieve Shea SLW was born December 2, 1919 in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada to Gilbert and Blanche (nee Bates) Shea and passed away peacefully June 19, 2018. Sister Gen taught elementary and high school grades in IL, LA, MO and IA for twenty years, and was a principal for eight years. She was Librarian at Mallinckrodt College and East Vicariate High school in Detroit, MI as well as tutored college students. Sister Gen was also known as Sister Camilla SCC before joining the Sisters of the Living Word. She later ministered as a chaplain and to the elderly for ten years. In her retirement, as Community Archivist for the Sisters of the Living Word, she began to develop the website for the community, and continued in this ministry for sixteen years. In her mid-late 80’s she volunteered with the St. James Over 50 Group, and later became a permanent resident at Resurrection Life Center in Chicago where she has been a valuable asset to the Community life at her new home. She will be greatly missed by her Sisters, family, friends, and companions of RLC.
Sister Gen was preceded in death by her parents and 8 siblings, Mary (late Harvey) Cook, Jack Shea, Bill Shea, Dorothy, Kathleen (late Ray) Wiegand, Evelyn Lewis, Gilbert Shea and Louise (late All) and two cousins, Phoebe Marshall SLW and Mary Magdalen Marshall SCC. Sister Gen is survived by nieces and nephews Kristy Schuster and Atef Fransis and Mary Ellen and Gary Katz and great-nieces and nephews Jessica Katz, Jayna Katz, and Zara Schulman and many other nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.
Memorial visitation will be Monday, June 25, 2018 from 5-8 PM at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights and Tuesday, June 26 at St. Edna Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights from 9:00 AM until the time of the Memorial Mass at 10:00 AM. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Sisters of the Living Word (slw.org) are greatly appreciated.
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