Sister Rose McMullin
Lieu de naissance : Dominion
Sr. Rose Alma McMullin, 96, died at the QE II - Infirmary site on April 19, 2013.
Born in Dominion, N.S., June 20, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Malcolm and Anne (MacCormick) McMullin.
She entered the Sisters of Charity - Halifax on Aug. 15, 1933 and made her final profession on Aug. 15, 1942.
Sr. Rose Alma received a BA from Mount Saint Vincent University. She began her teaching ministry in Roxbury, Mass., where she spent two years. She then went to Hamilton, Bermuda, where she ministered for a brief time. This assignment was followed by six years in Quebec, Que. The rest of her teaching career was spent in Nova Scotia with the exception of four years in New Jersey.
All of this time comprised a total of forty-one years. Sr. Rose Alma spent two years in California studying in preparation for pastoral ministry. Besides her work in education, Sister also ministered to alcoholics for a short time, was a member of Family Life Local Board United Appeal in British Columbia, served as a librarian, was a hospital visitor, did volunteer pastoral care at Northwood, was a part-time assistant to the congregational provincial treasurer, and was engaged in several other volunteer works up until 1995, the date of her retirement and move to Mount Saint Vincent Motherhouse.
In 2003, she went to DePaul Hall at Parkstone Enhanced Care for a brief period before going to Caritas Residence in Halifax.
Sr. Rose Alma is survived by many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her sisters, Margaret and Sr. Clare Margaret, SC, and by her brother, Michael.
The body will be in Caritas Residence with visitation from 3-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 23. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, April 24, at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Chapel of Caritas Residence. Burial will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lower Sackville, N.S.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sisters of Charity Ministry Fund.
