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Sister Brendan Fry, OSB
Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison
Atchison, KS

Sister Brendan Fry, OSB, 99, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kans., died Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Wednesday, June 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there on Thursday, June 22, at 10:30 a.m.

Sister Brendan was born in Paxico, Kansas, to Aloysius and Pauline Hund Fry on Feb. 27, 1918. After graduating from Mount St. Scholastica Academy, she entered the Mount community in 1940. She made her monastic profession in 1942 and died shortly before she would have celebrated her diamond jubilee of 75 years of monastic profession. She earned her bachelor’s degree in history from Mount St. Scholastica College and a master’s degree in administration from Creighton University. She taught and was also principal in elementary schools in Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska for 45 years. She also served as subprioress of the Mount community from 1962 to 1967.

Sister Brendan was preceded in death by her parents; her sisters, Mildred Burg and Lorene Rogers; and her brother Father Timothy Fry, O.S.B. She is survived by a nephew, Michael Burg; nieces Brenda Berardy and Beverly Rogers, and her monastic family. Final care has been entrusted to the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Memorials may be sent to Mount St. Scholastica or made online at the Mount’s web site (www.mountosb.org).