Sr. Sylvia Lariviere, pm (Sr. Theodore-Marie)

Sr. Sylvia Lariviere, pm (Sr. Theodore-Marie), 93, of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in Manchester, died July 23, 2018.
She was born in Westbrook, ME on July 8, 1925 to Theodore and Virginia (Laberge) Lariviere. She made her religious profession in 1946.
She earned a bachelor's degree in education and did post-graduate studies at Rivier University in Nashua and Fairfield University in Connecticut.
Sr. Sylvia taught at various elementary and high schools and was a religious education director in Massachusetts and Maine for 26 years. She also gave Rivier Retreats and lead Bible study groups for many years until retiring at Methuen, MA in 2006 and later at Manchester in 2013.
She was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Eugene Lariviere and two sisters, Blanche Nickerson and Cecile Gallant.
The family includes a niece, Virginia Gillian and many grandnephews, grandnieces, cousins and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, July 30, 2018 at the Resurrection Chapel of St. Marie Residence, 495 Mammoth Rd., Manchester. Burial will be in Presentation of Mary Cemetery in Hudson.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Presentation of Mary Retirement Fund, 495 Mammoth Rd., Manchester, NH 03104.