Offenburger OSB, Sr. Joan 1929-2024 Atchison, Kan.

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ATCHISON, Kan. – Sister Joan Offenburger, OSB, 94, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 10:30 a.m.

Born Oct. 30, 1929, she was the oldest of two daughters of Charles and Clare Offenburger, of Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth, New Jersey, she came to Atchison to attend Mount St. Scholastica College and then entered the monastery. With a degree in history and later a master’s degree in library science from the Catholic University of America, she taught at Lillis High School, Kansas City, Missouri, Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Seneca, Kansas, and St. Mary’s High School, Portsmouth, Iowa, subsequently at Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas, and Mount St. Scholastica College (now Benedictine College), Atchison. She served as librarian at De La Salle Education Center, Kansas City, Missouri, and at Benedictine College, and was assistant director of the Mount Community Center, in Atchison, for a number of years. She was also active in committees and service at the monastery.

Sister Joan was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Clare Offenburger.

She is survived by her sister, Carole Quinn, of Whiting, New Jersey; by a niece; and grandnieces; and her monastic family.

Becker-DyerStanton 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. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.