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August 27, 2020Sister Marita Rother, A.S.C., celebrated 65 years as a vowed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ on July 1. Sister Marita made her first profession on July 1, 1955, and her final vows on July 1, 1960.
Sister Marita was born in Okarche to Franz and Gertrude Rother, whose oldest son and Sister Marita’s brother is Blessed Stanley Rother, a martyred priest from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Sacred Heart College, now Newman University, in 1962, and a master’s degree in education administration from the University of Wichita in 1968. She has taught at Corpus Christi Catholic School in Oklahoma City, Holy Trinity Catholic School in Okarche, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School in Kingfisher, Saint John Nepomuk Catholic School in Yukon and Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Oklahoma City. In addition to teaching math, she often was the principal of the school.
Following her 10 years as an administrator and more than 45 years as a classroom teacher, she continued her education ministry as a tutor and aide at Saint Anne and Saint Joseph schools in Wichita, Kan. She currently resides at the Wichita Center.
