Sister Mary David McFarland, OSB, 94, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at the monastery.
Born in Monroe City, Mo., March 25, 1915, she was the youngest child of Ray and Anna F. Tinley McFarland.
She entered the Mount community in 1935 and made monastic profession in 1936. She earned the AB in English from Mount St. Scholastica College, a Masters degree in administration and a minor in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame, and certified in the counseling program at Northwest Missouri State. Her teaching career in Missouri and Kansas focused on mathematics and music; she was also principal, bookkeeper, and counselor. In Missouri she taught at Cathedral School and LeBlond High School, St. Joseph; St. Stephen, Monroe City (Swinkey); St. Joseph, Salisbury; and St. Gregory, Maryville. In Kansas she taught at St. Joseph High School, Shawnee; Baileyville High School; and Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Seneca. She assisted at Donnelly College and Mount St. Scholastica Academy before she began internal ministry at the monastery in 1993. Teacher of mathematics and music, Sister Mary David was the last survivor of the founding staff of Lillis High School, Kansas City, MO, serving there 1940-44, 1948-53, and 1969-74.
Sister Mary David was predeceased by her parents, her sister Mrs. John (Aleen) Rudolph, and her brothers Leo, Francis, Alvin, and Clyde. She is survived by her nieces Carol, Pat, Sarah, Mary Ann, and Carol Lynn; by her nephews Sonny (Alvin J.), James, and John; by many grand- nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
The vigil service will be Monday, May 11, at 7pm in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be offered there Tuesday, May 12, at 11am. Interment will be in the monastery cemetery.
Born in Monroe City, Mo., March 25, 1915, she was the youngest child of Ray and Anna F. Tinley McFarland.
She entered the Mount community in 1935 and made monastic profession in 1936. She earned the AB in English from Mount St. Scholastica College, a Masters degree in administration and a minor in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame, and certified in the counseling program at Northwest Missouri State. Her teaching career in Missouri and Kansas focused on mathematics and music; she was also principal, bookkeeper, and counselor. In Missouri she taught at Cathedral School and LeBlond High School, St. Joseph; St. Stephen, Monroe City (Swinkey); St. Joseph, Salisbury; and St. Gregory, Maryville. In Kansas she taught at St. Joseph High School, Shawnee; Baileyville High School; and Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Seneca. She assisted at Donnelly College and Mount St. Scholastica Academy before she began internal ministry at the monastery in 1993. Teacher of mathematics and music, Sister Mary David was the last survivor of the founding staff of Lillis High School, Kansas City, MO, serving there 1940-44, 1948-53, and 1969-74.
Sister Mary David was predeceased by her parents, her sister Mrs. John (Aleen) Rudolph, and her brothers Leo, Francis, Alvin, and Clyde. She is survived by her nieces Carol, Pat, Sarah, Mary Ann, and Carol Lynn; by her nephews Sonny (Alvin J.), James, and John; by many grand- nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
The vigil service will be Monday, May 11, at 7pm in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be offered there Tuesday, May 12, at 11am. Interment will be in the monastery cemetery.
Sister Mary David McFarland, OSB, 94, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at the monastery.
Born in Monroe City, Mo., March 25, 1915, she was the youngest child of Ray and Anna F. Tinley McFarland.
She entered the Mount community in 1935 and made monastic profession in 1936. She earned the AB in English from Mount St. Scholastica College, a Masters degree in administration and a minor in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame, and certified in the counseling program at Northwest Missouri State. Her teaching career in Missouri and Kansas focused on mathematics and music; she was also principal, bookkeeper, and counselor. In Missouri she taught at Cathedral School and LeBlond High School, St. Joseph; St. Stephen, Monroe City (Swinkey); St. Joseph, Salisbury; and St. Gregory, Maryville. In Kansas she taught at St. Joseph High School, Shawnee; Baileyville High School; and Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Seneca. She assisted at Donnelly College and Mount St. Scholastica Academy before she began internal ministry at the monastery in 1993. Teacher of mathematics and music, Sister Mary David was the last survivor of the founding staff of Lillis High School, Kansas City, MO, serving there 1940-44, 1948-53, and 1969-74.
Sister Mary David was predeceased by her parents, her sister Mrs. John (Aleen) Rudolph, and her brothers Leo, Francis, Alvin, and Clyde. She is survived by her nieces Carol, Pat, Sarah, Mary Ann, and Carol Lynn; by her nephews Sonny (Alvin J.), James, and John; by many grand- nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
The vigil service will be Monday, May 11, at 7pm in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be offered there Tuesday, May 12, at 11am. Interment will be in the monastery cemetery.
Born in Monroe City, Mo., March 25, 1915, she was the youngest child of Ray and Anna F. Tinley McFarland.
She entered the Mount community in 1935 and made monastic profession in 1936. She earned the AB in English from Mount St. Scholastica College, a Masters degree in administration and a minor in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame, and certified in the counseling program at Northwest Missouri State. Her teaching career in Missouri and Kansas focused on mathematics and music; she was also principal, bookkeeper, and counselor. In Missouri she taught at Cathedral School and LeBlond High School, St. Joseph; St. Stephen, Monroe City (Swinkey); St. Joseph, Salisbury; and St. Gregory, Maryville. In Kansas she taught at St. Joseph High School, Shawnee; Baileyville High School; and Sts. Peter and Paul High School, Seneca. She assisted at Donnelly College and Mount St. Scholastica Academy before she began internal ministry at the monastery in 1993. Teacher of mathematics and music, Sister Mary David was the last survivor of the founding staff of Lillis High School, Kansas City, MO, serving there 1940-44, 1948-53, and 1969-74.
Sister Mary David was predeceased by her parents, her sister Mrs. John (Aleen) Rudolph, and her brothers Leo, Francis, Alvin, and Clyde. She is survived by her nieces Carol, Pat, Sarah, Mary Ann, and Carol Lynn; by her nephews Sonny (Alvin J.), James, and John; by many grand- nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.
The vigil service will be Monday, May 11, at 7pm in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be offered there Tuesday, May 12, at 11am. Interment will be in the monastery cemetery.
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