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Sister Mauricita Schieber
Becker-Dyer-Stanton
Mount St. Scholastica In Atchison, KS

 Sister Mauricita Schieber, O.S.B., 98, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died October 13, 2015, at the monastery. 

The vigil service will be Sunday, October 18 at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Monday, October 19 at 10:30 a.m.

The daughter of John and Frances Kern Schieber, Sister Mauricita (Frances) was the youngest daughter and tenth of eleven children who made their early home in the Clyde, Mo., area. She taught in the local school there before entering the Atchison Benedictines in 1945. There she became noted for her dedication to monastic life, faithfulness to prayer, and her ministry to God’s people through education. Sister Mauricita received her bachelor’s degree in history from Mount St. Scholastica College and a master’s degree in education from Creighton University, and also did advanced study at the University of Notre Dame.

After teaching briefly in elementary and high schools in Atchison, Baileyville, Kan., and Omaha, she spent the years from 1953 to 1988 in Kansas City schools. She taught at Lillis High School, then was principal and teacher at St. Joseph (Shawnee) and St. Anthony, Christ the King, and Our Lady of Unity, all in Kansas City, Kan., receiving a service award for teaching more than 25 years in Wyandotte County. On her return to Atchison, she became administrator and teacher in the reading center at the Mount Community Center from 1988-2001, where she helped many learn to read. She also taught summer school courses in education and history at the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn.; at Mount St. Scholastica College, and at its Mount outreach at Benet Hill, Colorado Springs, Colo. She happily incorporated in her classes the richness of her travel in Europe and the Holy Land.

Sister Mauricita was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Catherine (Mrs. Ernest) Mattson, Mary (Mrs. Clifton) Mattson, Rose (Mrs. John) Jermain and Sister Adella Schieber, also of the Mount community, and by her brothers Lawrence, Paul, Joseph, Leonard, John, and Father Joachim Schieber, O.S.B. She is survived by relatives and by her monastic family, which includes her niece, Sister Marilyn Schieber, O.S.B. Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home (www.beckerdyer.com) is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be sent to Mount St. Scholastica or made online at the Mount’s web site (www.mountosb.org).