Obituaries

January 30, 1934 to December 19, 2023 Father Thomas Tobin, 89, of Ekalaka passed away December 4, 2023. The Funeral Mass was held December 18, 2023, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and [...]

Sister Rosalinda “Rosie” Soria, OP, died Aug. 29, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville, Wisconsin. The funeral Mass was held there Sept. 5, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery, [...]

Sister Dorothy Marie Rilinger, 91, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth for 69 years, died on July 13, 2023, at Ross Hall, Leavenworth, Kansas. She entered religious life on Aug. 19, 1954. Sister [...]

January 17, 1944 to June 16, 2023 Joe was born on January 17, 1944, in Philadelphia to Walter and Anastasia (Walsh) Loncki. The family later relocated to New Castle, Delaware. Joe received his [...]

July 30. 1937 to June 15, 2023 Deacon Mel was born on July 30, 1937, in Billings, Montana, to Joe and Arlie Melius. He grew up with his sister Voni (Fletcher) in Billings, and attended Garfield [...]

August 28, 1928, to March 16, 2023 Sister Mary Julitta Doerhoff, 94, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL) for 73 years, died on March 16, 2023, at Ross Hall, Leavenworth, Kansas. She entered [...]

8 December 1938 – 22 January 2023 Mary Clare Gappa was born on Dec. 8, 1938, in Moorhead, Minn., one of two children to William and Hildegard Lorsung Gappa. When Mary Clare was two, the Gappa [...]

31 October 1934 – 27 January 2023 SINSINAWA, Wis.—Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer, OP, died Jan. 27, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville, Wis. Sister Catherine Thomas made her first profession [...]

6 September 1941 – 1 March 2023 As both a servant-leader and teacher, Sister Barbara Kushan dedicated 44 years of her ministry to education. Sister Barbara passed to eternal life in the Spirit on [...]

Rev. James (Jim) E. Birkmaier, 83, died March 8, 2023, in Great Falls, MT, at Renaissance Assisted Living after a long illness. Father Birkmaier was born on November 27, 1939 in Mandan, North [...]