Sr. Elizabeth Ann Conyers FMM.

Sr. Elizabeth Ann, a twin to her brother, Horace Joseph, was born in Brooklyn, NY, November 28, 1926. Her mother was an Irish immigrant and her father, the son of a Bermudian immigrant and American mother.

While in the 7th grade, Elizabeth heard the story of Damien the Leper and felt a desire to be a medical missionary. She didn’t talk to anyone about this. After she completed high school, she studied at St. John’s College in NY and received a BS in Chemistry, with a minor in Zoology. During the summers of her college years, Elizabeth became acquainted with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary at their summer camp where she was a counselor. The camp was run for the Diocese of New York. After some months in Medical School, she realized she did not want to be a doctor and withdrew.

She then entered the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary on December 7, 1948. When her Novice Mistress was called to Rome, Elizabeth was asked to companion her and completed her novitiate in Grottaferrata, Italy and made her First Vows there on June 13, 1951. In September of that year, Elizabeth was missioned to Madras, India to be a High School Teacher at St. Thomas School. Later she was a college lecturer at Stella Maris in Madras. She made her Perpetual Vows on June 13, 1954 at Nazareth Convent, Ootacamund. In 1959, Elizabeth was elected to be Local Superior of this convent, which was the first house of the Institute. During the General Chapter in Rome, 1960 she was the Province Delegate for the Indian Province. In 1969 she was once again missioned to be Superior of Ootacamund.

In November of 1970 Elizabeth was missioned back to the United States where she was named Local Superior of St. Francis Hospital Convent, Roslyn, NY. In March, 1973 Elizabeth was elected Provincial of the USA Province. After two terms as Provincial, Elizabeth obtained a Masters Degree in Theological Studies at Chicago University in 1982. She became a member of the Emmaus Team for Renewal courses in Rome in 1983-1986 as well as a member of the Renewal Team for Ongoing Formation at Bethany Retreat Center, 1986-87, North Providence, USA. Her next mission was in Portales, NM where she did parish work and then in 1989 was missioned back to NYC as Local Coordinator. Next she was missioned to Cambridge, MA to be Vice President for Mission Effectiveness at Franciscan Children’s Hospital and Local coordinator until 2003. During this time, Elizabeth was also Directress of Religious of Temporary Vows and Local Bursar in Brighton, MA from 2005 to 2006 when she moved from Brighton to the Bronx. Finally, Elizabeth was missioned to Holy Family Community in N. Providence as Local Coordinator from 2008 to 2018 where she was in charge of the necrology and helped with the sabbatical renewal program. Elizabeth was a natural leader and an inspiring, spiritual person who was deeply imbued with the history and charism of the Institute. She was missioned to Ein Karim, in residence at St. Antoine’s on Oct 2, 2024. She passed away very peacefully at St. Antoine’s residence on the evening of July 7, 2025.

Sr. Elizabeth is survived by many nieces and nephews : Dennis and Leah Conyers, Diane Conyers, Steven Conyers and Barbara Bromfield, David Conyers and Joan Gilbride , Liza Conyers and Bruce Cromell, Jr , Mary Russel Myers, Jeffrey Myers, and Paul Myers and all their children and grandchildren.

Visitation for Elizabeth will be held Thursday, July 10, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, 385 Fruit Hill Ave, North Providence, RI 02911. Mass of Christian Burial will be the following morning in the Missionary on Friday, July 11, 2025 at 10:00 am. Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Cumberland.