March 28, 2024

Ellen Carol Cotter

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Ellen Carol Cotter, 88, died September 11, 2017, in Riverside, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of the late Richard F. Cotter and Helen (Lennon) Cotter, the step-daughter of the late Pauline (Quillen) Cotter, and the sister of the late Richard F. Cotter, Jr.

She was born in Providence and was educated at The College of St. Elizabeth, Boston College, and Catholic University of America, where she received a Master's in Social Work. She worked as a social worker in St. Louis and in New York City. Carol was a guidance counselor for 19 years at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School in North Dighton, Massachusetts.

Carol was a devout Catholic with a deep and personal relationship with God. She was a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic, and a parishioner of Holy Name Church in Providence.

Carol is survived by her sister-in-law, Margaret Shelia Cotter of Wakefield, and her nieces and nephews: Kathleen Cotter of Franklin Square, New York, Denise O'Neil of Wakefield, Michael Cotter of Englewood, Florida, and Paul Cotter of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She is also survived by her great-nephew, Daniel Cotter of Kingston, and her great-niece, Emily Cotter of Narragansett.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Mass on Saturday, September 23, at 10 a.m. in the Lady Chapel of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, 99 Camp Street, Providence. Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Richard F. Cotter Memorial Fund, c/o Scholarship Foundation, Inc., PO Box 15-4438, Riverside, RI 02915.

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