(01/30/15) CROSSLEY, SISTER MARY CEDRIC, 88, a Sister of Mercy died January 29, 2015 at St. Antoine Residence.
Born in Providence she was a daughter of the late Cedric and Bernadette (Bourbonnais) Crossley of Johnston, R.I. Sister Mary Cedric entered the Sisters of Mercy on September 8, 1945 and professed final vows on August 16, 1951.
A graduate of St. Xavier Academy, Sister Cedric attended Catholic Teacher College in Providence and pursued graduate studies in education and art at Boston College and Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Sister taught in several diocesan elementary schools in Rhode Island. She coordinated religious education programs in West Warwick, Pawtucket and Cumberland. Sister Cedric administered Mercy Lodge Retreat House in Cumberland, R.I. Teacher, principal, administrator, Sister was also a talented artist who shared her knowledge of iconography through instruction and personal artistic creation. This quiet, reserved woman of mercy had the unique gift of seeing beauty in all she beheld. Sister Cedric is remembered for her kindness and dedication in caring for her mother who was blind.
In addition to her religious community, Sister Mary Cedric is survived by her beloved sister and friend, Frances Linehan and numerous nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Marie Hetherman and brothers Cedric, Richard, William and Edward Crossley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at Mount St. Rita Health Centre, Cumberland, R.I. Visitation will be held from 9:15 A.M. until 10:50 A.M. with a Mercy prayer service at 10:20 A.M. Interment will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Cumberland. Following the burial, all attendees are invited to a luncheon at Mount St. Rita Health Centre. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Sister Mary Cedric’s memory may be made to the Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community, 15 Highland View Road, Cumberland, RI 02864 (online at www.sistersofmercy.org/northeast) or Mount St. Rita Health Centre, 15 Sumner Brown Road, Cumberland, RI 02864.
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