HOLYOKE, Mass. — Sister Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity, 98, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for 79 years during which she taught in many Fall River diocesan schools, died June 25, 2009 in the Mont Marie Health Care Center here. Born in New Bedford, the daughter of the late Hormisdas and Carmelia Marcotte, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of LePuy in Fall River in 1930 from St. Joseph Parish in New Bedford. She became a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield when the two congregations merged in 1974. Following her early education in parochial schools in New Bedford, she graduated from Novitiate High School in Fall River and earned a bachelor’s degree from Sacred Heart College in Fall River. Sister Elizabeth taught at St. Roch, St. Jean Baptiste and Blessed Sacrament schools in Fall River, St. Louis and St. Michael schools in Swansea, and St. Therese and St. Joseph schools in New Bedford. She served as a nurse’s aide in New Bedford and retired in 1974. She joined the Retirement Community at Mont Marie in 1992. She has been a resident of the Mont Marie Health Care Center since 2001. Besides her Sisters in Community she leaves nieces and nephews, among whom is Sister Juliette Marcotte SSJ. She was also the sister of the late Sister Jean de la Croix Marcotte. Her funeral Mass was celebrated Monday in the Mont Marie Chapel in Holyoke. Burial was in Mont Marie Cemetery. The Sampson Family Chapels were in charge of arrangements.