Auburn: Elizabeth Grace Tite, 86, of Auburn, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the Holy Trinity Nursing Center in Worcester, MA.

She is survived by a brother, John G. Tite of Auburn and by several cousins.

Elizabeth was born in Southbridge, MA daughter of the late Gregory L. and Androniq (Zhidro) Tite and was also predeceased by a sister, Dorothy Tite.

She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, she also received a Master's degree from the University of New Hampshire in Durham.  Elizabeth was a Professor of Chemistry at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, MA for over thirty years and also had previously taught chemistry at Tantasqua Regional High School in Sturbridge, MA.  During her tenure at Tantasqua she received National Science Foundation grants for study at Michigan State University as well as at Brown University.  While at Michigan State University she was selected as one of fifty pilot chemistry teachers in the country for the Chemical Education Materials Study program at Tantasqua and contributed feedback for this study to Harvard University.  Elizabeth was also an instructor of high school chemistry teachers for a National Science Foundation course of Chemical Education Materials Study at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. While teaching at Holyoke Community College she was the recipient of several Atomic Energy Commission and National Science Foundation grants for summer study for college chemistry teachers at Texas A & M University, Pennsylvania State University, University of California at Riverside and University of California at Irvine.

Elizabeth was a member of the American Chemical Society and the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers. She served as chairman of arrangements for a summer conference of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers at St. Anselm's College and also served as chairman of social and guest activities for the association's summer conference held at Mount Holyoke College. She was Editor of the Newsletter for the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers for several years.  Elizabeth was recognize as an individual who had demonstrated outstanding achievements in her field of endeavor by being listed in: Who's Who of American Women, Notable Americans, Who's Who in the East, The World Who's Who of Women and The World Who's Who of Women in Education. She was a longtime member of both St. Mary's Assumption Albanian Orthodox Church of Worcester as well as St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church of Southbridge.

Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 19th, at 11:00am in St. Mary's Albanian Orthodox Church, 535 Salisbury St, Worcester.  Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Southbridge.  A calling hour will be held in the church on Wednesday, April 19th, from 10:00 to 11:00 am, prior to the service.