Obituaries

Mary Ann Behary, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on April 25, 2014, at the age of 80 and in the 63rd year of her religious life. Sister Mary Ann entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Mary Parish in Brownsville, Pa., in 1951. She...

Mary Ann Behary, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on April 25, 2014, at the age of 80 and in the 63rd year of her religious life. Sister Mary Ann entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Mary Parish in Brownsville, Pa., in 1951. She...

Phyllis Gembarosky, SCN, died at the age of 77 on Tuesday, February 5, 2014. Sister Phyllis was in her 60th year of religious life. Sister entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1954, from St. Dominic Parish in Donora, Pa. Sister Phyllis received a...

Juanita Marie Wiley, SCN, formerly Sister Agnes Charles Wiley, 81, a native of Newport News, Va., died at Nazareth Home on January 25, 2013. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 64 years.Sister Juanita Marie served in elementary, secondary and adult...

Lucille Massey, SCN, formerly Sister Teresa George Massey, 100, a native of Bowling Green, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on January 9 , 2013.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 81 years.                  ...

Jeanne Mary Wathen, SCN, 89, a native of Leonardtown, Md., died at Nazareth Home on January 8, 2013. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years.Sister Jeanne Mary served in elementary and secondary education as both teacher and principal for 32 years in...

M. Beatrice Brunner, SCN, 86, died at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa., on January 5, 2013.  Sister had been a woman religious for 67 years.Sister Beatrice was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Teresa of Avila Parish...

Teresa Catharine Sullivan, SCN, 86, a native of Ludlow, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on December 14, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years.Sister Teresa Catharine served in elementary education in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana for...

Helen Gertrude Fontaine, SCN, 101, born in Lewiston, Maine, died in Carrico Hall, Nazareth, Ky., on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 83 years.Sister Helen Gertrude served in education on the elementary, secondary and...

Eunice Ann Arnold, SCN, 87, a native of Memphis, Tenn., died at Nazareth Home on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 67 years.Sister Eunice Ann served in community service and elementary education in Kentucky and Maryland for...

Sheila Ann Madden, SCN, 90, a native of Louisville, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on Monday, November 19, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 71 years.Sister Sheila Ann served in Kentucky and Tennessee in elementary, secondary and collegiate education...

Anne Kremenik, SCN, 90, a native of Blairsville, Pa., died at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, on Friday, November 16, 2012. Sister was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Cecilia Buco Kremenik, who were immigrants from Slovakia.Sister Anne served as Sister...

Mary Stella Stofcik, SCN, 93, died at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa, on Wednesday, October 17. She was in the 79th year of her religious life.Sister Stella was born March 29, 1919, in Webster, Pa. She grew up on a farm and remembers feeding the chickens and...

Mary Vincent O’Neill, SCN, a Sister of Charity of Nazareth, died peacefully October 8, 2012 at the age of 87.  She served God and the Church for 67 years as an educator and in later years as an LPN in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, and Mobile, Alabama....

Margaret Spalding Wathen, SCN, 82, a native of Owensboro, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on September 6, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 61 years.Sister Margaret Spalding served in elementary education as teacher and principal in Kentucky and Ohio;...

Mary Kevin Egan, SCN, 89, a native of Louisville, Ky., died at Carrico Hall, Nazareth, on September 4, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 63 years.During the past 60 years Sister Mary Kevin served in elementary education in Owensboro, Ky., as...

Mary Grace Yesko, SCN, died peacefully at Vincentian Home on September 3, 2012, at the age of 91. She had been a sister for 77 years.Sister Mary Grace was born in Rankin, Pa., and entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Barnabas parish, Swissvale. She...

Ellen Maria Ballew, SCN, 90, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., died at Nazareth Home on July 30, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years.Sister Ellen Maria served in both elementary and secondary education as teacher and principal throughout the...

Mary De Sales Kolhoven, SCN, 75, a native of Newport, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on July 29, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 56 years.Sister Mary De Sales served in health care as Purchasing Agent and Registered Nurse in Kentucky, Arkansas, Ohio...

Bridget Cottle, SCN, 83, a native of Middletown, Ohio, died at Nazareth Home on June 10, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 63 years. Sister Bridget served in elementary education, as both teacher and principal for 25 years. In later years, she...

Margaret Dillier, SCN, formerly Sister Mary Matthias Dillier, 95, a native of Scranton, Ark., died at Nazareth Home on May 23, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 70 years.Sister Margaret served in ministry in the United States and Belize, Central...

Christine Ellis, SCN, 91, a native of Roanoke, Va., died at Nazareth Home on May 2, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 72 years.Sister Christine served in childcare, elementary education and community service for 60 years throughout the United...

Patricia Kelley, SCN, 89, a native of Lexington, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 71 years.Sister Pat served in elementary education and as music teacher at Holy Name School in Louisville, from...

Farewell to Sister Pauline Paraplackal, SCNPauline Paraplackal, SCN, 65, died at Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana India on March 22, 2012. The funeral service was held at Queen of the Apostles Church, Kanhei Parish, Gurgaon on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Sister...

Mary Loretta Polaski, SCN, age 92, died February 6, 2012. She was born in Donora, Pa., and entered the community of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in 1934 from Transfiguration Parish, Mon City, Pa. By the time the Vincentian sisters merged with the Sisters of...

Antoinette Magistro, SCN, 92, a native of Bellaire, Ohio, died at Nazareth Home on December 7, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 72 years.Sister Antoinette served in the apostolate of elementary education as both teacher and principal in Virginia,...

Mary Gemma Harlow, SCN, 92, a native of Harrodsburg, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on November 25, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 71 years.                              ...

Margaret Eloise Anglad, SCN, 93, a native of Lexington, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on November 24, 2011.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 74 years.                            ...

Sarita Milliner, SCN, 76, a native of Grayson County, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.  She transferred from the Ursuline Sisters at Maple Mount, Ky. in July 1974 and has been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 37 years.    ...

Mary Dominic Rechtorick, SCN, died August 8, 2011, at the age of 84 after serving God for 66 years.  She was born in New Salem, Pa., and entered the community of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in 1945 from St. Procopius Parish, New Salem, Pa.Sister earned a...

M. Innocent Lisi, SCN, 92, died peacefully at the Vincentian Home in Pittsburgh, Pa., on August 3, 2011. She was born in Duquesne, Pa., and entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity in 1935 from Holy Trinity Parish. She devoted her life in the service of God and...

Bernadette Maria Henkel, SCN, 88, a native of Loretto, Tenn., died at Nazareth Home on August 1, 2011. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 67 years.Sister Bernadette Maria served in education in Kentucky and Ohio for 39 years.  In Louisville, Sister...

M. Frances Mihalek, SCN, 97, died on July 29, 2011. Sister Frances was born in Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from Holy Trinity Parish, McKeesport, Pa., in 1927 and for 84 years devoted her life to the service of...

Mary Vera Bartley, SCN, age 97, died at the Vincentian Home on June 6, 2011.  She was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.  (The Vincentian Sisters of Charity merged with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 2008). Sister entered the convent in...

Marie Anne Ballard, SCN, 81, a native of Bardstown, Ky., died at Nazareth Motherhouse, on May 26, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 63 years.Sister Marie Anne served in elementary education as both teacher and principal in Kentucky, Louisiana,...

Mary Anselma Grimes, SCN, 94, a native of Louisville, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on May 21, 2011.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 74 years.Sister Mary Anselma served in the apostolate of elementary education for 38 years.  Sister also...

Jane Elizabeth O’Connell, SCN, 83, born in New Haven, Conn., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on May 5, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 65 years.Sister Jane Elizabeth served in both elementary and secondary education as both classroom and...

Ligorius Kracinovsky, SCN, 91, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Vincentian Nursing Home in Pittsburgh, Pa. She entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from Holy Trinity Parish, Duquesne, Pa., in 1934.Sister Ligorius received both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree...

Marina Martin, SCN, 93, a native of Sedalia, Mo., died at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ky., on April 5, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 72 years.Sister Marina served in the apostolate of education as music and classroom teacher in Tennessee,...

Francis Anthony McDonald, SCN, 90, a native of Jackson County, Miss., died at Nazareth Home on March 27, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 62 years.Sister Francis served in the United States Army Nurse Corps as a surgery nurse. After leaving the...

Roberta Maria Wimpsett, SCN, 89, a native of Bardstown, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on March 27, 2011. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years.Sister Roberta Maria served in Community Service and Child Care in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee for 68...

Kathleen Mary Bohan, SCN, 85, born in Lebanon, Ind., died at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Ky., on March 24, 2011. She was a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years. After nurse’s training at St. Joseph Infirmary, Sister served as director of nursing at our Lady of...

M. Bertille Janek, SCN, 92, entered eternal life on December 18, 2010, at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sister Bertille entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Mathias Parish in Natrona, Pa., on September 2, 1934, and joyfully served God and the Church...

Theresa Podlucky, SCN, 82, entered eternal life on Friday, December 17, 2010. Born in Johnstown, Pa., Sister Theresa entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Johnstown on February 2, 1947, and served God and the Church for 64 years....

Sister Mary Adolph Kenenske, SCN, 89, a native of Bridgeport, Ohio, died at Nazareth Home on November 21, 2010.  She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 72 years. Sister served in the apostolate of elementary education in Kentucky, Ohio and Massachusetts...

Mary Victorine Deley, SCN, 90, died on Thursday, January 14, 2010. At the time of her death Sister was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Nazareth, Kentucky.In 1934 Sister Mary Victorine entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Michael Parish,...

Mary Imogene Perrin, SCN, 86, a native of Calhoun, Ky., died at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Ky., on January 3, 2010. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 64 years.Sister Mary Imogene served in the apostolate of education for 53 years in Kentucky, Alabama,...

Alice Wills, SCN, formerly Sister Alice Richard Wills, 94, a native of Dorchester, Mass., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on December 25, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 68 years. Sister Alice served in the apostolate of elementary...

Mary Clare Murajda, SCN, age 88, died on December 11, 2009, at 5:15 a.m. At the time of her death Sister was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Nazareth, KY. Born in Braddock, Penn., Sister Mary Clare entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St....

Mary Michael Baksi, SCN, 80, died on November 20, 2009. Sister Mary Michael was in the 62nd year of religious life.Sister Mary Michael was born in Homestead, Pa. and entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Michael Parish in 1947. She attended Duquesne...

Thomasine Kottoor, SCN, 75, a native of Kidangoor, Kerala, died at Mokama Hospital in India on October 20, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 47 years.Sister Thomasine served in health care in Mokameh Junction, New Delhi, Mumbai, Mokama, Lucknow...

Ann Maureen McGrath, SCN, 93, a native of Brockton, Mass., died at Nazareth Home on October 13, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 74 years. Sister Ann Maureen served in education as both classroom and music teacher for 46 years in Ohio, Kentucky,...

Rose Clare Ostenski, SCN, 95, a native of Blaine, Ohio, died at Nazareth Home on October 12, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years. Sister Rose Clare served in Community Service and elementary education until retirement when she served in the...

Barbara Lawler Thomas, SCN, formerly known as Sister Barbara Maria Thomas, 87, a native of Richmond, Va, died at Nazareth Home on October 8, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 68 years. Sister Barbara served as Superior General of the Sisters of...

M. Adalbert Vandzura, SCN, died on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at the Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, Pa., at the age of 89. Sister was in the 75th year of her religious life.Sister Adalbert was born in Braddock, Pa., on October 12, 1919, and was a daughter of the late...

Leonora Brunner, SCN, 99, a native of Memphis, Tenn., died at Nazareth Home on September 24, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 80 years. Sister Leonora served in the apostolate of education in Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Arkansas and Tennessee....

Alice Garrity, SCN, formerly known as Sister Daniel Joseph Garrity, 82, a native of Woburn, Mass., died at Flaget Hospital, Bardstown, on September 8, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 58 years. Sister Alice served in the apostolate of elementary...

Samuella Buckman, SCN, 76, a native of Waverly, Ky., died at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Ky., on Monday, September 7, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 57 years. Sister Samuella served in the apostolate of elementary education in...

Clara Willett, SCN, 94, a native of Fancy Farm, Ky., died at Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital on September 1, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 75 years. Sister Clara served as both principal and teacher in elementary education in Kentucky,...

William Mary Chawk, SCN, 95, a native of Louisville, Ky., died at Nazareth Home on August 6, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 70 years. Sister William Mary served in health care as a nurse and x-ray technician in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. In...

James Albert Wiggins, SCN, 97, a native of Roanoke, Va., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, August 1, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years.Sister James Albert served in the apostolates of child care and elementary education...

Frances Barber, SCN, 93, formerly known as Sister Philetus Ann Barber, SCN, a native of Fredericktown, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on July 25, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 69 years. Sister Frances served in the apostolate of...

Barbara Ann Giddings, SCN, 83, a native of Memphis, Tenn., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky., on July 4, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 66 years. Sister Barbara Ann served in the apostolate of elementary education in Kentucky and Maryland....

Bernard Ann Ruebusch, SCN, 92, a native of Covington, Ky., died at Nazareth Home, Louisville, Ky. on June 13, 2009. She had been a Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 73 years. Sister Bernard Ann served in the apostolate of education as both teacher and principal in...