A funeral Mass for Sister Jane Schaper, CSJ, was celebrated Oct. 22 at Nazareth Living Center Chapel in south St. Louis County. Sister Jane died Oct. 12 at Nazareth Living Center. She was 82 years old.
Sister Jane was born on Nov. 19, 1943, in St. Louis to parents Anthony and Marie (Wolfender) Schaper. After graduating from Rosati-Kain High School in 1961, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was received into the novitiate as Sister John Kathleen in 1962. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Fontbonne College in St. Louis in 1966 and her master’s degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1976.
Sister Jane served in education for her 45 years of ministry. After teaching at schools in Georgia and Texas, she served as an administrator at Little Flower School in Mobile, Alabama, from 1975-82. She then returned to teach in Georgia for another six years.
In 1988, Sister Jane began 23 years of dedicated service in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. She served as principal of Valle Grade School in Ste. Genevieve from 1988-93, and later taught intermediate/junior high students at Little Flower School from 1993-2010.
From 2011-14, Sister Jane served as a certified nursing assistant at Nazareth Living Center as a team member on the CSJ Health &Wholeness team. She then retired in 2014 and continued serving at there as a volunteer on the Community Life Staff as an escrow accountant. Since 2024, Sister Jane resided at Nazareth Living Center, carrying out her ministry of prayer and presence.
She is survived by her sisters Catherine Schaper Volkman and Ann Schaper Bonk, and a brother, Richard Schaper.
Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery.
