Sister Rita Geary, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, photographs, obituaries, and biographical notes regarding the circumstances of her death. Several of these notes indicate that Sister was initially incorrectly diagnosed and sent home by her doctor, despite reporting severe pain, which ultimately contributed to her death shortly after.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1891-1985
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Rita Geary, OSB was born Margaret Geary on October 19th, 1862 in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. She entered the community on Spetember 5th, 1886, and made perpetual vows on July 11th, 1891.
Sister Rita was one of the founding members of the Saint Scholastica Academy in Canon City, the corporation of the Benedictine Sisters of Colorado, the first directoress of Saint Mary School in Aspen, Colorado, serving from 1892-1900, and a founding faculty member at the opening of Saint Michael School in Canon City, Colorado.
Sister died on December 21st, 1927 at the age of 65 from cancer. She is buried at the Lakeside Cemetery in Canon City, Colorado.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging file)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Subject
- Geary, Rita, 1862-1927 (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Rita Geary, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives Repository
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org