ATCHISON — Sister Mary Lucy Kramer, 92, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica here, died Jan. 31.
Sister Mary Lucy was born on Nov. 9, 1933, in Atchison, the oldest of four children. She grew up in a rural area near Atchison known as Good Intent and graduated from Lillis High School in Kansas City, Missouri.
After attending Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, she entered the Benedictine community in 1953 and made her lifetime profession in 1958. She taught in elementary schools in Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas for 20 years.
She earned a master’s degree in the teaching of English as a second language and began teaching in the ESL program at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, where she remained for more than 30 years.
Also holding a certificate in vocal music from the UMKC Conservatory, she was a gifted soloist and choir member at her Kansas City parish and at the monastery.
