Mary Pamela YELL

YELL, Sister Mary Pamela RSCJ Born in 1918 in Victoria, B.C., Sister Yell died in Barat Residence, 1455 Summer St. Halifax on August 18/07. She was an only daughter of the late J. William and Mary (Meaney) Yell. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Sister Yell received her early education at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Vancouver. She attended the University of British Columbia and graduated from the University of Ottawa in 1954. She entered the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1937 and made her final profession in Albany, New York, in 1945. Born on September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, Sister Yell had a life long devotion to Our Lady and had a particular love for children which she exemplified in her many years of teaching. She began her teaching career at College Street School in Halifax in 1940 where she taught High Grade One until 1945. She then went on to teach in the Sacred Heart schools in Winnipeg and Vancouver. In 1970, she returned to Halifax where she served as Religious Education Coordinator in the parishes of St Lawrence, Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St Pius X. From there, she held a variety of positions in Religious Education in California, Whitehorse, Montreal and Ottawa. In 1997 Sister Yell retired at Barat Residence. She will be greatly missed by her sisters in Community and her many friends. A vigil took place on Monday August 20th at Barat Residence. The Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated at Barat Residence on Tuesday, August 21st, at 2:00 p.m. followed by burial at Holy Cross cemetery on Thursday, August 23rd, Father Albert Cosgove presided. Donations in Sister Yells memory may be made to the Sacred Heart Boys' High School. Published in the Ottawa Citizen on 8/25/2007