Sister Mary Clarice Proctor, a member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and a parochial school teacher, died of respiratory failure Sunday at her order's St. Frances Convent in East Baltimore. She was 80.
Born Mary Althea Proctor in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of William Percy Proctor, a farmer, and his wife, Aline Savoy, a homemaker. She attended Malcolm Elementary School, Pomokey High School in Charles County, and Mount Providence Junior College before earning a degree at Towson University.
She entered the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1954 and professed her final vows in 1962.
Sister Clarice taught at St. Peter Claver School in Ridge, the Holy Redeemer School in Miami, Fla., St. Benedict the Moor School in Washington, D.C., and at St. Katherine of Siena School, St. Peter Claver School, Mount Providence Reading Center and Cardinal Shehan School, all in the Baltimore area.
She also served as assistant superior general of the Oblate Sisters.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Mount Providence Chapel, 711 Gun Road in Arbutus.
Survivors include four brothers, Allison Proctor of Oxen Hill, Jerome Proctor, Maurice Proctor and Wayne Proctor, all of Waldorf; and two sisters, Rhodena Dorsey of Waldorf and Florine Bumbray of Temple Hills; and nieces and nephews.