Rice, Sister Elizabeth (Gerald Adrian) (76) died at the QEII Infirmary site on June 25, 2011. Born in Kentville, NS, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Agnes (MacPherson) Rice. She entered the Sisters of Charity in Halifax in 1953 and made her Religious Profession in 1956. Sister Betty taught school for ten years in New York and Nova Scotia. She then took a hair styling course and worked with seniors until 1975. When she was transferred to the Mount, she worked as a nurses aide in addition to hairdressing. On retiring, Sister volunteered as a seamstress for the Sisters. During this time she returned home to care for her mother until her mother’s death. She is survived by sister, Dorene Cleveland (Gary), Kentville and her sister-in-laws, Sharon Rice, Sackville, NS and Kass Rice of New Hampshire, as well as several nieces and nephews and many cousins. She was predeceased by brothers James, Gerald and sister, Jo Ann Radford. The body will be in Caritas Residence, visitation Tuesday, June 28 from 3-7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Chapel, Caritas Residence. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, Kentville, NS.
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I first met Sr Betty in December of 77…Little did I know that she’d become one of my very dearest friends. When I received my date for ordination as a deacon in 82, she gifted me with the rosary she had received at profession and asked that I pray a decade daily and remember her now n then. To this day I offer a decade a day for her. And I continue to feel her prayers and influence on my life. Love you Bett! Looking forward to our reunion at the great Swiss Chalet in heaven but I will not be exiled to the back woods to play the pipes again haha!!!!