ATCHISON — Sister Kathleen Flanagan, OSB, 70, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica here, died April 6 at the monastery.
Sister Kathleen was born in Riverside, California, to Dennis and Rose Ann Morton Flanagan on Jan. 11, 1956, but spent most of her youth in Denver where she did summer work as a camp counselor in the mountains. In 1978, she received a bachelor’s degree in education from Benedictine College in Atchison, and would return there to enter the monastic community in 1984. She loved her career as an elementary teacher and school librarian, especially with the youngest readers. After earning a master’s of library science degree from Emporia State University, she became a librarian at Benedictine College, where she served until her unexpected death.
Sister Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents Dennis Flanagan and Rose Ann Flanagan Redmond, and her brothers Richard and Timothy Flanagan.
