Remembering

Sister Beatrice Lapalme, OP
Date of Death: September 10, 2008

Sister Beatrice Lapalme, OP (formerly Sister Raymond Beatrice) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, died Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Alden Court Rehabilitation Center in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. She was 95.

The daughter of the late Elzear and Anna Lelievie Lapalme, she was born in June 1913 in Acushnet, Massachusetts.

Sister Beatrice entered the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of Fall River in September 1936, made her First Profession in March 1938, and Final Profession in March 1941.

Sister Beatrice taught at Saint Anne School in Fall River MA (1938-41) and at Saint Francis Xavier School in Acushnet MA (1941-93).
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