Sister Joan (Paulette) Offenburger, O.S.B.
Sister Joan Offenburger, OSB, 94, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died Friday, January 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 10:30a.m.
Born October 30, 1929, she was the oldest of two daughters of Charles and Clare Offenburger of Brooklyn, N.Y. After graduating from Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth, N.J., she came to Atchison to attend Mount St. Scholastica College and then entered the monastery. With a degree in history and latera master’s degree in library science from the Catholic University of America, she taught at Lillis HighSchool, Kansas City, Mo., Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Seneca, Kans., and St. Mary’s High School,Portsmouth, Ia., subsequently at Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kans., and Mount St. Scholastica College (now Benedictine College), Atchison, Kans. She served as librarian at De La Salle Education Center,Kansas City, Mo., 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 hersister, Carole Quinn of Whiting, N.J., by a niece and grandnieces, 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 web site (www.mountosb.org).
