Evelyn Sister SCHLOSSER

Sister Evelyn (Mary Leo) Schlosser, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 88, died on October 7, 2022 at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wis. She was in the sixty-first year of her religious profession.

Evelyn Teresa Schlosser was born on January 12, 1934, the seventh of eight children to Harold and Eva (Hamses) Schlosser in Yakima, Wash. Her high school days were spent at Marycliff High School where she took clerical courses. After high school she worked for five years for The Spokesman Review and advanced to assistant bookkeeper. She then moved to Boise, Idaho where she did bookkeeping for a construction company. Evelyn entered St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wis. in the fall of 1958. On August 12, 1961 she made her first profession of vows.

Possessing excellent office skills, she was tapped for clerical work at Viterbo College (University) from 1962 to 1966. During that time she took additional bookkeeping courses at Indiana University. In 1966, Sister Evelyn became bookkeeper at St. Mary Hospital in Sparta, Wis. until 1973, when she became bookkeeper at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll, Iowa. Viterbo College called her back in 1974, again as a bookkeeper. From there, Sister Evelyn ministered in the office at Marycliff High School from 1977 to 1979 before being appointed regional treasurer for the Western Region of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration until 1989. In addition, Sister Evelyn also served as a part-time tax accountant for a local Spokane firm. In 1989, with the closure of FSPA regions, Sister Evelyn was called upon to serve as assistant treasurer for the FSPA congregation in La Crosse. In 2000 another transition occurred in her life when she moved to volunteer in the finance office, as well as in the St. Rose Convent kitchen. In 2016, Sister Evelyn officially retired to a ministry of prayer and hospitality at St. Rose Convent. In 2022, with her health failing, she moved to Villa St. Joseph.

Sister Evelyn is survived by her Franciscan Community, one sister-in-law, Norma Schlosser, Spokane and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers: Al, Edward, John, Harold and Conrad and two sisters: Rita Meeks and Sister Jean (Carmelita) Schlosser, FSPA.

A prayer service will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 4 p.m. in Mary of the Angels Chapel, La Crosse. There will be a live-streamed sharing at 6:30 p.m. that evening. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 12, at 10 a.m. in Mary of the Angels Chapel. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, La Crosse.

Memorials may be sent to Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 912 Market Street, La Crosse, WI 54601-4728.