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Obituary for Frances Watson, OSB Sr.

Sr. Frances Watson, OSB, 83, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died on April 23, 2012, at the monastery after a brief illness.

The vigil will be at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, in the monastery chapel and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Friday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m. Sister Frances was born Mary Jane Watson, only child of the late Gordon and Frances Hill Watson of Wichita, Kans. She entered the Benedictine monastery of Mount St. Scholastica in 1951 and would have celebrated sixty years of monastic profession this year. She spent her life as an educator, teaching briefly in Kansas elementary schools and at Lillis High School in Kansas City, Mo., and LeBlond High School in St. Joseph, Mo., before advanced studies. She earned a master's degree in sociology from Marquette University and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Kansas, and taught at Mount St. Scholastica College/Benedictine College for 26 years. She had a great interest in other cultures, especially Native American, and an intense passion for social justice. She participated in Pax Christi and Benedictines for Peace nationally and locally, and belonged to other organizations that advocate for non-violence and social concerns. She was also active in the American Benedictine Academy, an organization of monastic scholars. Although she had no living relatives, many of her colleagues and students became a loving family for her, in addition to the sisters of her monastic community.

Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements and condolences may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com

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