Jude Franklin Delano Highberger, 88, died at home January 10, 2021, in Topeka, Kansas.
Jude was born to Paul N. and Lydia Gifford Highberger on December 4, 1932, in Westphalia, Kansas, and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
Jude entered St. Benedict Abbey. Atchison, Kansas, in 1956. He was involved in pastoral ministry throughout his life. He taught and coached at Maur Hill-Mount St. Scholastica Prep School in Atchison from 1960-1975, served as a missionary in Brazil from 1975-1978, and was campus minister at Benedictine College from 1978-1984. Jude attended Sacred Heart Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was ordained in 1988, serving parishes in Kansas City until 1992, when he began his chaplaincy ministry in hospital, hospice, and nursing facilities in Topeka.
Jude married at St. Mary’s Church, St. Benedict, Kansas, in May 1998; she survives. He is also survived by stepchildren, step-granddaughters, and multiple beloved Highberger nieces and nephews in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Jude was preceded in death by five siblings.
Due to the pandemic, there will be no service at this time. His graveside service will be later in the spring.
Jude was born to Paul N. and Lydia Gifford Highberger on December 4, 1932, in Westphalia, Kansas, and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
Jude entered St. Benedict Abbey. Atchison, Kansas, in 1956. He was involved in pastoral ministry throughout his life. He taught and coached at Maur Hill-Mount St. Scholastica Prep School in Atchison from 1960-1975, served as a missionary in Brazil from 1975-1978, and was campus minister at Benedictine College from 1978-1984. Jude attended Sacred Heart Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was ordained in 1988, serving parishes in Kansas City until 1992, when he began his chaplaincy ministry in hospital, hospice, and nursing facilities in Topeka.
Jude married at St. Mary’s Church, St. Benedict, Kansas, in May 1998; she survives. He is also survived by stepchildren, step-granddaughters, and multiple beloved Highberger nieces and nephews in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Jude was preceded in death by five siblings.
Due to the pandemic, there will be no service at this time. His graveside service will be later in the spring.
Jude Franklin Delano Highberger, 88, died at home January 10, 2021, in Topeka, Kansas.
Jude was born to Paul N. and Lydia Gifford Highberger on December 4, 1932, in Westphalia, Kansas, and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
Jude entered St. Benedict Abbey. Atchison, Kansas, in 1956. He was involved in pastoral ministry throughout his life. He taught and coached at Maur Hill-Mount St. Scholastica Prep School in Atchison from 1960-1975, served as a missionary in Brazil from 1975-1978, and was campus minister at Benedictine College from 1978-1984. Jude attended Sacred Heart Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was ordained in 1988, serving parishes in Kansas City until 1992, when he began his chaplaincy ministry in hospital, hospice, and nursing facilities in Topeka.
Jude married at St. Mary’s Church, St. Benedict, Kansas, in May 1998; she survives. He is also survived by stepchildren, step-granddaughters, and multiple beloved Highberger nieces and nephews in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Jude was preceded in death by five siblings.
Due to the pandemic, there will be no service at this time. His graveside service will be later in the spring.
Jude was born to Paul N. and Lydia Gifford Highberger on December 4, 1932, in Westphalia, Kansas, and raised in Wichita, Kansas.
Jude entered St. Benedict Abbey. Atchison, Kansas, in 1956. He was involved in pastoral ministry throughout his life. He taught and coached at Maur Hill-Mount St. Scholastica Prep School in Atchison from 1960-1975, served as a missionary in Brazil from 1975-1978, and was campus minister at Benedictine College from 1978-1984. Jude attended Sacred Heart Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was ordained in 1988, serving parishes in Kansas City until 1992, when he began his chaplaincy ministry in hospital, hospice, and nursing facilities in Topeka.
Jude married at St. Mary’s Church, St. Benedict, Kansas, in May 1998; she survives. He is also survived by stepchildren, step-granddaughters, and multiple beloved Highberger nieces and nephews in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Jude was preceded in death by five siblings.
Due to the pandemic, there will be no service at this time. His graveside service will be later in the spring.
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