January 31, 2017

OBITUARY: Sister Elizabeth M. Sullivan SSJ

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HOLYOKE – Sister of St. Joseph Elizabeth M. Sullivan (formerly Sister Mary Timothy), 84, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died in Holyoke Medical Center on Jan. 29.

A native of Worcester, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Mary (Dineen) Sullivan.

She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from Immaculate Conception Parish, Worcester, in 1951. She graduated from St. Peter High School, Worcester, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee.

She taught in the parish grammar schools at Sacred Heart, Gardner, Mass.; St. Michael’s Cathedral, Springfield; Immaculate Conception, Easthampton; and St. Mary’s, Longmeadow. She spent 32 years, 1979-2011, at the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee, where she served as a reader services assistant in the Alumnae Library.

She was predeceased by her siblings, Michael Joseph Sullivan, William John Sullivan, Mary Patricia (Sullivan) Courtois, and Timothy Joseph Sullivan. In addition to her sisters in community, she is survived by her sister-in-law, Virginia “Ginger” Sullivan, of Worcester; and by many nephews and nieces and their families.

All services for Sister Sullivan will take place in St. Joseph Chapel at Mont Marie on Wednesday, Feb. 1. She will be waked from 9 to 10:30 a.m., with a prayer service at 10. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will follow at 11. Burial will be in Mont Marie Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 577 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104.