Elizabeth Mary “Betty”  (Andersen) Carrier of East Dennis, and Naples, Fla. died Thursday, March 18 surrounded her family.  She was born in Pawtucket, R.I., raised in Burrillville, R.I. and graduated as class president of Burrillville High School. She went on to graduate from the nursing school at Massachusetts General Hospital where she was a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. She married her husband Lou, and lived in Providence before moving to the Cape in 1972. She worked for many years as a nurse educator and was a founding instructor of the nurse aide program at Cape Cod Community College.  A scholarship fund was established in her name at the college following her retirement.

Mrs. Carrier was married for 56 years to  Louis R. Carrier. She was a communicant of Our Lady of the Cape Church and St. John the Evangelist Church where she was a member of the Ladies Guild and also served as a eucharistic minister. She was an avid Red Sox fan and enjoyed attending games in Boston as well as Fort Myers.  She loved taking long walks on the beach, flower gardening, crafts and attending the Boston Symphony. 

Mrs. Carrier leaves her husband Lou; eight children,  Mary Beth and Jeff Goldman of Duxbury, David and Lily Carrier of Ada, Mich., Mark and Cheryl Carrier of Reston, Va, Kristine and David Cleary of Marshfield, John and Karen Carrier of Wakefield, Laura and Hal Horvat of Cranston, R.I., Louis and Beth Anne Carrier of Hopkinton, and Timothy Carrier of Denver, Colo.; and 17 grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be held on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Cape Church on Stony Brook Road in Brewster.  Burial will follow the Mass at Oakridge Cemetery, South Dennis.  Friends and relatives are invited to call at Doane, Beale and Ames, Route 134, South Dennis, on Friday morning from 9-10 a.m.  A memorial Mass will be said at St. John the Evangelist in Naples in April.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to “The Carrier Fund” at Cape Cod Community College 2240 Iyannough Rd. West Barnstable, MA  02668  or online at ccccfoundation.org/donate.asp.