Sister Frances Yarc, OSB, 97, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Thursday, March 27, at 7:00 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Friday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m.
Sister Frances Yarc was born in Kansas City, Kan., on Dec. 30, 1927, to John and Frances Safer Yarc, the second oldest of five children. She attended Ward High School there for a year and a half before leaving to care for her mother. She entered the Mount community in 1946 and later earned a B.S. in education from Mount St. Scholastica College. She was a teacher for 22 years in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. After receiving L.P.N. training, she served at Providence Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., and in the Mount infirmary. She earned her R.N. degree in 1979 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka and was a nursing supervisor in the Mount infirmary for several years. She later did home health care and care of the aged until she retired in 2000. Sister Frances continued to help with hospitality to guests at the monastery for some time after that. She enjoyed painting and displayed her oil paintings at local art fairs where she won several awards.
Sister Frances was preceded in death by her parents, by her brothers John and Albert Yarc, and by her sister Bernice Jurkovich. She is survived by a sister, Rose Marie Bowline, and by nieces, nephews, and her monastic family. Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home (www.beckerdyer.com) is in charge of arrangements.
