Sr. Juliana Dischler, OP, 93, passed away at Lakeshore at Siena, Racine, on Thursday, July 25, 2019.
Marie Magdalen was born January 19, 1926 to John and Mary (nee: Brickl) Dischler in in Franklin Township of Sauk County, near Plain, WI. In 1942, she joined the Racine Dominicans and at her reception in 1944, she was given the religious name Sister Juliana. She professed her vows in 1946.
Sister Juliana spent many years in service to others in education as a teacher and principal, religious education, and pastoral ministry in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Maryland. In the Madison Diocese, she ministered at St. Bernard, Madison and at St. Victor, Monroe.
Sister Juliana is survived by the Racine Dominican Sisters and Associates; her sisters-in-law Caroline “Carrie” and Marilyn “Marlene” of Plain; her niece, Sr. Rose Marie Dischler, and other nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; and her brothers Gerhard, Michael, Anthony, Paul, and John Francis Dischler; her sisters Anne Servais and Alma Weiss-Mueller, and her adopted brother Ted Neurauter.
Visitation will be in the Siena Center Chapel, 5635 Erie St., Racine on Thursday, Aug. 1 beginning at 9:00 a.m. with a Remembering Service at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m., celebrated by her nephew, Rev. Raymond Dischler. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery Hwy 32. Memorials to the Racine Dominican Mission Fund have been suggested.