Ross, Mary Alexander

• Isabel Ross
• Sister Mary Alexander Ross
• Sister Isabel Ross

Isabel Ross was born in Collingwood, Ontario on June 2, 1906. Isabel was the daughter of Alexander Ross and Anne Carson. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario on January 6, 1929, made her first profession July 15, 1929, and final vows on August 28, 1934.
She attained the following degrees:
Permanent Teacher's Certificate, Hamilton Teachers' College, 1931.
Bachelor of Arts, McMaster U. Graduate Fellowship, 1966, University of Toronto.
Catechetics Graduate Work, Gannon College, Erie, Pa. USA 1977.
Sister Alexander taught school for thirty-four years in Hamilton Diocese, both elementary and secondary schools. She was stationed in Brantford Ontario mission house while serving at St. John’s High School. Sister lived at Milton, Ontario where she was both local superior and principal of the school. In 1971 she retired from teaching but continued some graduate work in Catechetics from 1963-1977. Sister previously studied at University of Toronto Graduate School where she received the Province of Ontario Graduate Fellowship. Sister spent her last years in St. Joseph’s Villa, Dundas in the Sisters’ local community there. She died peacefully in the Villa in her seventy-first year as a Sister of St. Joseph on February 21, 2000. She is buried in St. Augustine’s Cemetery, Dundas, Ontario. Mass of Christian burial was celebrated in the Villa chapel, with Bishop Anthony Tonnos as chief celebrant.

Collingwood, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Brantford, Ontario
Milton, Ontario
Dundas, Ontario

Educator

Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton Archives
Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Canada Biography Database