Sister Elizabeth M. Sullivan (Mary Timothy), 84, beloved member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, died in Holyoke Medical Center on January 29, 2017. A native of Worcester, Mass. she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Mary (Dineen) Sullivan.
Sister Betty entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield from Immaculate Conception Parish, Worcester in 1951. She was graduated from St. Peter High School, Worcester and earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee.
Sister taught in the parish grammar schools at Sacred Heart, Gardner; 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.
Sister Betty 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 Sr. Elizabeth will take place in St. Joseph Chapel at Mont Marie on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. She will be waked from 9:00 to 10:30 with a prayer service at 10:00. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00. Burial will be in Mont Marie Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 577 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104.