Brother Clement
Gerard Tourangeau, O. Praem., age 89, a member of the Norbertine Community
of St. Norbert Abbey,
De Pere
,
WI
, passed into God’s eternal kingdom on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
Brother Clem was born
on February 17, 1919, in Flat Rock, MI to Arthur and Valentine (Charboneau)
Tourangeau. His home parish
was Holy Family, Flat Rock, MI.
On August 28, 1937,
Brother Clem entered St. Norbert Abbey where he was vested as a novice.
He professed Simple Vows on August 28, 1939, and Solemn Vows on
August 28, 1942.
Brother Clem had a
great love for cooking and used his culinary talents serving his fellow
Norbertines as a cook at the Novitiate House in Madison, Wisconsin; Our
Lady of Daylesford Priory in Paoli, Pennsylvania; Holy Spirit Priory in
Chicago, Illinois; and St. Michael Priory in Green Bay Wisconsin.
Brother also prepared meals for Norbertines attending summer school
at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In 1995 he entered
retirement status and moved his residence to St. Norbert Abbey.
Brother Tourangeau is
survived by the Norbertine Community, three brothers, Eugene, Arthur and
Roger and one sister, Martha.
He was
preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Bernadette Reuter and
Cecile Fries and three brothers, Leo, Rene, and Ernest.
