Sister Jeanne Clare Scheer, OP, of the Dominican Sisters, Sparkill, New York, died on October 11, 2016 in Siena Hall, Sparkill, NY.
Born in St. Louis, MO on February 19, 1921, Catherine Mary was the daughter of Oscar and Mary Little Scheer. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on September 1, 1940 and received the name Sister Jeanne Clare. She professed her first vows in 1942 and her final vows in 1947.
Sister Jeanne Clare received a BA in Education, Manhattan College, New York in 1954.
Sister Jeanne Clare was a teacher and ministered in the Archdiocese of NY at St.Helena, Bronx (1949-54); and in the Archdiocese of St. Louis at Little Flower (1942-49), St. Kevin (1954-58), Holy Redeemer (1958-67), St. James (1967–70) and St. Richard (1970-2005). While at St. Richard she also served as Religious Coordinator at Our Lady of Mercy Parish. In 2005 Sister Jeanne Clare came to New York to assist in Dominican Convent’s Siena Hall.
Sister Jeanne Clare is predeceased by her parents Oscar and Mary and her siblings Rosemary Scheer and Fr. Joseph Scheer. She was the cousin of Ruth Gotch and beloved to the many students she taught through the years.
Sister Jeanne Clare was a very loving, kind and caring person who was always ready to lend a hand when there was work to be done. She served her God and congregation faithfully for seventy-six years as a Dominican Sister of Sparkill. We thank God for her life and her goodness and we pray that she be at peace with the God whom she loved and that she rests among the saints in the glory of heaven. We will miss her presence among us.