Sister Jeanne M. Richard

Sister Jeanne Richard, formerly known as Sister Jeanne-de-Sainte-Marie, died at Care One at Millbury on Friday, March 20, 2026. She was born in Salem, MA, on September 7, 1925, to her mother Louise (Tremblay) and Stephen Richard. She was the third of four siblings. She was predeceased by her brothers, Albert and Bertrand, and her sister Fernande, who was also a religious in the Congregation of the Sisters of the Assumption.

Sister Jeanne spent 40 years of her religious life teaching in grades 1 through 4 in Barton, VT, Nasonville, RI, Greenville, NH, Lowell, Dracut, Northbridge, and Millbury, MA. In 1967, she went to Philadelphia to become a certified Montessori Teacher. She then opened a Montessori School in Petersham, MA, and another school in Millbury in 1971. Twenty years of dedicated service evolved. Her gentle, kind, and gifted personality charmed the little ones under her care as well as their parents. She was a true educator. In 1987, she became involved in the Associate Program of the Sisters of the Assumption, where she gave her all until 2013. She also held roles of Superior and Principal in the SASV Congregation. She was greatly loved and deeply appreciated.

On March 26, viewing will be at 1:30 PM, followed by a Funeral Mass at 2:00 PM in Saint Anne Chapel at Marie Esther Health Center in Marlboro, MA. Sr. Jeanne will be interred in East Street Cemetery in Petersham, MA.

In lieu of flowers, you may donate to the Sisters of the Assumption Retirement Fund, 720 Boston Post Rd E, Marlboro, MA 01752.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Mack Family Funeral Homes of Orange, MA.