Sister Marie Clare Scheible, OSF, of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis died on June 12 at St. Francis Convent in Springfield. She was 91.

Sister Marie Clare was born in Rochester, N.Y., on June 27, 1924, the daughter of Anthony and Florence Servatius Scheible. She entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1947 and professed her religious vows on June 13, 1950.

In her long life, Sister Marie Clare served as a registered nurse, a clinical nursing instructor, in hospital administration and pastoral care at HSHS hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin, and as a massage therapist in Springfield.

She graduated from St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing; from Saint Louis University with a BSN; Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an MBA; and from the Chicago School of Massage Therapy.

On March 25, 1965, Sister Marie Clare participated in the Freedom March in Montgomery, Ala., where she heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous speech and met him personally.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by a sister, Bernice Reinhardt of Rochester, N.Y., a niece, nephews, and cousins, as well as her Franciscan Sisters with whom she shared her life for over 68 years.

The Eucharistic Celebration and Rite of Christian Burial was celebrated by Father Andre Schludecker, OFM, on June 14 in St. Clare of Assisi Adoration Chapel at St. Francis Convent. Burial was in Crucifixion Hill Cemetery.

Staab Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.