1926
Sister
2013
Sister Roberta Schachle, Osb
November 11, 1926 — December 21, 2013
Sister Roberta Schachle, OSB, 87, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at the monastery.
The vigil service will be Thursday, Dec. 26, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Friday, Dec. 27, at 10:30 a.m. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home 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.
Sister Roberta was born Nov. 11, 1926, in Canute, Okla., one of eight children of John and Teresa Simon Schachle. In 1945, she entered the Benedictine monastery in Tulsa, Okla., where she was a member until 1968, when she became part of the new foundation of Red Plains Monastery in Piedmont, Okla. With a master's degree in mathematics education from Syracuse University, she spent most of her life teaching in elementary schools in Oklahoma. She was also a gifted potter and weaver. In 2009, her community merged with Mount St. Scholastica and she has been residing in Dooley Center.
She is survived by a brother, Pat Schachle, of Elk City, Okla., sister-in-law Teresa Schachle of Canute, Okla., and by nieces, nephews, and her monastic family.
Sister Roberta was preceded in death by her parents, by her sisters Teresa Ryan, Mary L. Hodgson and Katherine Wilhelm, and by her brothers Charles, James and John Schachle.
The vigil service will be Thursday, Dec. 26, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Friday, Dec. 27, at 10:30 a.m. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home 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.
Sister Roberta was born Nov. 11, 1926, in Canute, Okla., one of eight children of John and Teresa Simon Schachle. In 1945, she entered the Benedictine monastery in Tulsa, Okla., where she was a member until 1968, when she became part of the new foundation of Red Plains Monastery in Piedmont, Okla. With a master's degree in mathematics education from Syracuse University, she spent most of her life teaching in elementary schools in Oklahoma. She was also a gifted potter and weaver. In 2009, her community merged with Mount St. Scholastica and she has been residing in Dooley Center.
She is survived by a brother, Pat Schachle, of Elk City, Okla., sister-in-law Teresa Schachle of Canute, Okla., and by nieces, nephews, and her monastic family.
Sister Roberta was preceded in death by her parents, by her sisters Teresa Ryan, Mary L. Hodgson and Katherine Wilhelm, and by her brothers Charles, James and John Schachle.
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