Sister Frances Ann Schaeffer, BVM, former diocesan teacher, dies

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Sister Frances Ann Schaeffer, BVM, 84, died Dec. 26 at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse in Dubuque, Iowa. Burial was in Mount Carmel cemetery in Dubuque.
In the Diocese of Knoxville, Sister Frances Ann taught at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Chattanooga and was a Montessori kindergarten teacher and director.

Sister Frances Ann was born in Davenport, Iowa, on Sept. 25, 1932. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1956, and professed first vows on Feb. 3, 1959, and final vows on July 16, 1964. ■

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