Bernadette Riopel

Sr. Bernadette Riopel, CSC (Sr. M. Bernadette de Nevers), 89, of 357 Island Pond Rd., Manchester, died January 26, 2005, at Catholic Medical Center, after a long illness.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 17, 1915, she was a daughter of Oscar and Agnes (Lepitre) Riopel.

She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Holy Cross in 1933 and made her final profession in 1940. She served in the Congregation for 71 years.

Sister Bernadette earned a B.Ed from Notre Dame College in Manchester. She was also a certified LNA

She taught elementary parochial school in New Market, Gonic, Manchester, and Nashua, NH. She also served 20 years as a missionary in Haiti where she ministered in hospitals and clinics. Upon returning to the US she served as an LNA at Congregation's retirement home in West Franklin and at St. George Manor in Manchester.

Family members include a brother, Gerard Riopel of Dixville, Quebec; nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Saturday January 29, 2005 in the chapel of St. George Manor. Burial was in St. Augustin Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Holy Cross Development Fund, 377 Island Pond Rd., Manchester, 03109.

Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory, 1799 Elm St., Manchester, was in charge of arrangements.