Sister Beverly Pillar
1943 ~ 2024

Sister Beverly was born in Prince Albert SK where she resided with her parents until the age of three.  For one year the family lived at Reserve SK.  Her father then moved and worked for the Pas (MB) Lumber Company during the week and continued to farm in the Prince Albert region on week-ends for some 47 years.  Beverly attended school in The Pas and she was a boarder at the Academy Presentation of Mary in Prince Albert for her graduating year.  Beverly joined the Sisters of the Presentation and became Sister Joanne-Marie in February 1965.  She obtained her training as a registered nurse at the St. Boniface School of Nursing.  Over the years she nursed in the Infirmary Presentation of Mary at three different intervals.  She also enjoyed the challenge of working in the Emergency Department of the Holy Family Hospital.  She worked in Pastoral Care and Palliative Care in St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon and the Holy Family Hospital in Prince Albert.  She will be fondly remembered by the many patients and family members that she ministered to during those years.  Sister Beverly was also an active member of numerous committees and organizations, in particular CHAS (Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan).   In recent years, she was the Director of Care of her community’s infirmary in Prince Albert where staff and patients benefited from her knowledge and administrative abilities.  Her sisters of the Presentation, her patients, and Infirmary staff will remember her as a keen intellect, a person of vast knowledge, a competent nurse and definitely a lover of books.  May you rest in the gentle arms of the Lord you loved so much and may the Virgin Mary continue to be your constant companion.  May you rest in peace.

The Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Friday, August 9, 2024, at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 1401 4th Ave West, in Prince Albert, SK, with the Very Rev. Maurice Fiolleau officiating. Family and friends unable to attend the service may view it online at https://youtube.com/live/sjSS1k6KZN8?feature=share . Interment to follow at the Sisters’ Section, at the South Hill Cemetery, in Prince Albert, SK. Online condolences may be left at https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/riverpark/obituaries/sister-beverly-pillar/127659.html . Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the care of River Park Funeral Home, (306) 764-2727, Colette Harnett, Funeral Director.

• Date : 2024-08-02
• Location : Prince Albert, SK