Morris OSB, Sr. Mary Teresa 1951-2024 Atchison, Kan.

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ATCHISON, Kan. – Sister Mary Teresa Morris, OSB, 72, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Saturday, June 15, at 10:30 a.m.

A native of Kansas City, Kansas, she was born Oct. 15, 1951, the only child of T. Harold and Helen Williams Morris. She graduated from Wyandotte High School and attended St. Margaret’s School of Nursing and Donnelly College before earning her B.S. in nursing from Northwest Missouri State University and a Master of Public Health degree from Saint Louis University.

A nurse since 1972 and a member of Mount St. Scholastica Monastery since 1978, Sister Mary Teresa served in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health settings. She specialized in caring for the poor, homebound, high-risk infants, and children with special needs, going above and beyond basic health care to minister to the whole person. During the pandemic, she provided infectious disease services at Dooley Center, the Mount’s licensed care facility. Not only a graduate but also a former instructor at Donnelly College, she was inducted into the college’s Alumni Hall of Fame in 2023.

Sister Mary Teresa was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by cousins and her monastic family.

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 website, www.mountosb.org. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.