Sister Frances Skalla

1900 - 1988  (88 years)

• Name	Frances Skalla
  Title	Sister
  Born	4 Feb 1900	Hlinsko, Moravia
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Mar 1988	Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas
  Buried	14 Mar 1988	Mount St. Scholastica Convent Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6303	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Skalla
  Mother	Mary Pokorney Skalla
  Family ID	F6255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 14 Mar 1988 - Mount St. Scholastica Convent Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Skalla, Frances Sister Frances Skalla ATCHISON — Sister Frances Skalla. 88, Atchison, died Saturday, March 12, 1988, at Mount St. Scholastics Convent here. Sister Frances was a housekeeper about 28 years for Atchison sisters who taught in Benedictine-staffed schools in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. From 1947 until she retired in 1982, she assisted with domestic services at Mount St. Scholastica and Benedictine colleges. She was born Feb. 4, 1900, at Hlinsko, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Pokorny Skalla. She moved to the United States when she was 5 and lived in Hanover until 1918, when she joined the Benedictine sisters in Atchison. She professed her religious vows in 1919. Survivors include a sister, Mary Masat, Hanover. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Mount St. Scholastica Chapel. Burial will be in the convent cemetery. A vigil service will be at 4:30 p.m. today at the convent chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Mount St. Scholastica Convent. Harouff-Arensberg Funeral Home of Atchison is in charge of arrangements.