Sister Mary Frederick Lueb

1933-2007 Sister Mary Frederick Lueb, OSB, 74, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at the monastery. Mass of Resurrection will be offered at Mount St. Scholastica, Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 10:30 A.M. Interment will follow in the monastic cemetery. The vigil service will be Monday, November 19 at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel. Memorial contributions are suggested to Mount St. Scholastica, 801 South 8th Street, Atchison, Kansas 66002. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home, Atchison, Kansas has been entrusted with the final arrangements. Born July 4, 1933, to Paul J. and Helen Wilson Lueb of Seneca, Kansas, Sister Mary Frederick lived there until she entered Mount St. Scholastica in 1954. Her mother died when Sister M. Frederick was six years old, and she was raised by her aunt, Anna Lueb. Taught by the Benedictine Sisters at Sts. Peter and Paul, she knew many of the Sisters before she entered. She taught primary and elementary school children in Purcell and Wetmore, at Christ the King and Sacred heart in Kansas City, and St. Joseph in Shawnee, Kansas. She studied history and education at Mount St. Scholastica, and then volunteered for Colegio Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico, where she taught fourth grade. She became administrative director and teacher at the school of 800 students in Tulpetlac. There she was christened "Sister Freddie" by the children who found it hard to pronounce Frederick, and it became her name of choice. "The highlight of my life," she said at the time of her golden jubilee in 2005, "was the 15 years I spent as a missionary." On her return to Atchison, she directed the tutorial center for Benedictine College, clerked at the library, taught at Happy Hearts learning center, directed the transportation office, and assisted at Le Blond High School and at Heartland Hospital in St. Joseph. More recently, she became known for her hand-carved wooden crucifixes. Sister Mary Frederick was predeceased by her parents, her aunt Anna, her brother James F., and her sister Roberta. She is survived by her sister, Alice Cameron, Topeka, KS, by nieces and nephews, and by her monastic community.