Sister Gervase Judge

1912-2007 Sister Gervase Judge, OSB, 95, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kan., died Thursday, November 29, 2007. Mass of Resurrection will be offered at Mount St. Scholastica, Monday, December 3, 2007, at 10:30 a.m., with interment to follow in the monastic cemetery. The vigil service will be Sunday, December 2, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel. Memorials may be sent to Mount St. Scholastica, 801 S. 8th St., Atchison, KS 66002. Arensberg- Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison, Kan., has been entrusted with arrangements. Nebraska born, Sister Gervase was the oldest child (Leona Frances) of Thomas and Josephine Becker Judge, and grew up in Exeter and Atkinson, Neb. She entered the Mount community June 14, 1928, and made monastic profession January 1, 1930. She celebrated the 75th year of monastic profession in 2005. After entering, she completed high school at Mount St. Scholastica Academy and graduated from Mount St. Scholastica College. She received her master's in Education from St. Louis University. From 1930 to 1950, she taught in elementary schools of the area, and from 1950 to 1970, she was teacher of home economics/nutrition and principal at high schools in Colorado, Iowa, Salisbury, Mo., and in Seneca, Flush, St. Benedict, and Baileyville, Kan. She then taught in elementary schools in Atkinson, Neb., and Atchison, Kan., until 1982. Sister Gervase was a firm, kind and appreciative teacher and colleague. She was an avid sports fan, and she and her sister, Sister Lorene, have been honored by Benedictine College for their loyalty to its teams. Sister Gervase was preceded in death by her parents; by her brothers Linus and Paul; her sisters Helen (Mrs. Laurence Beman), Doris (Mrs. Max Hamik), and Agnes (Mrs. Edward Humpal). She is survived by her sister, Sister Lorene, and her niece Sister Rita Claire Judge, both of the Mount community; by her brother-in-law Max Hamik, of Atkinson, Neb., by nieces and nephews, and by her monastic family.