Thursday, 16 May 2013 09:01
A memorial Mass for longtime educator and St. Paul, Kan., native Loretto Sister Frances Ann (formerly Sister Mary Dominic) O’Bryan will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Loretto Center, in Webster Groves, Mo.
A wake will take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, in the Loretto Center’s Assembly Room for family and friends. Sister Frances Ann taught for more than 50 years in the St. Louis archdiocese and opened one of the archdiocese’s first special education classrooms. She died April 30 at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in Nerinx, Ky. Sister Frances Ann was 92 and in her 74th year as a Sister of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross.
The daughter of Rose (McGann) and George O’Bryan, Sister Frances Ann was born July 23, 1920, on the family farm in St. Paul, a home to generations of Loretto Sisters and where Loretto’s first mission to the Osage Indians took place. Francie Ann attended St. Francis Grade School and St. Francis High School, both in St. Paul. At age 16, she took the one-year Normal Training Course offered seniors and passed the State Board Exam, receiving a two-year teaching certificate. She secured a teaching position at age 18 at a country school 20 miles from her home. There she taught 12 children in grades one, two, three, five and eight.
Francie Ann entered Loretto on Oct. 25, 1939, from St. Francis Parish in St. Paul. She was received into the novitiate on April 25, 1940. She made her first vows April 25, 1942, and her final vows Aug. 15, 1945.
Thursday, 16 May 2013 08:59
Congregation of St. Joseph Sister Clara Pfeifer died Sunday, May 12. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Wednesday, May 15, at the Wichita Center.
Sister Clara (Hilarion) Pfeifer was born to Frank and Margaret Younger Pfeifer on Aug. 20, 1919, in Hays. After completing eight grades through home schooling and a rural school, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph as a postulant. In 1935 Clara received the habit and the name of Sister Hilarion which she retained until 1966 when she returned to her baptismal name.
Her first ministry was to serve as a domestic in small and large convents and in small and large hospitals. She was then asked to prepare herself for teaching. She taught elementary students and was principal for a number of years in both the Dioceses of Wichita and Dodge City. After receiving a degree in home economics education from Marymount College, she was assigned to teach in high schools and pursued a master’s degree in the same field from St. Louis University.
Sister Clara’s first love, however, was teaching adult religious education and theology in parishes. After completing a master’s degree in religious studies, she worked in the Diocese of Dodge City for a year as a director of Religious Education then went to the position of adult education coordinator for the Diocese of Salina.
Within three years she returned to the Diocese of Dodge City where she worked from 1978 to 1994. At that time she became pastoral minister for St. Vincent DePaul Parish in Andover where she remained until 2009.
Thursday, 16 May 2013 08:57
LANE
Frances Jean (Hutsey), 90, Maize, April 20.
KENNEDY
Clarence Edward, Jr., 95, St. Vincent de Paul, Andover, April 22.
HAMILTON
Brenda Kay Betzen, 29, St. Mary, Derby, April 24.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:49
Funeral services for Father Busch will be held at Saint Elizabeth Chapel at the Catholic Care Center. A rosary will be prayed at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 26, followed by burial at Ascension Cemetery.
Father Busch was born on May 14, 1931, in Chase, Kan. He prepared for the priesthood at Conception Seminary, Conception, Mo., and was ordained to the priesthood on May 24, 1958, for the Diocese of Wichita.
During his priestly ministry, Father Busch served as pastor of the following parishes: Saint Peter, Schulte; St. Mary, Derby; and All Saints, Wichita. He was an assistant at St. Anne, Wichita; Sacred Heart, Colwich; St. Mary, Newton; and the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita.
Father Busch served for many years as editor of the Catholic Advance, was diocesan secretary of communications, and served in other diocesan posts.
He retired from parish ministry in 2000 and was residing at the Catholic Care Center in Wichita at the time of his death.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:38
DAY
Helen June, 88, St. Teresa, Hutchinson, April 10.
ESTRADA
Jose, 90, St. Mary Cathedral, Wichita, April 10.
AST
Brian D., 48, Holy Spirit, Goddard, April 11.
Thursday, 18 April 2013 09:32
Sister Maureen (Mary Louise) Dougherty died April 11. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated for her on Tuesday, April 16, at the Wichita Center of the Congregation of St. Joseph in Wichita.
The second daughter in a family of five girls and one boy, she was born Sept. 25, 1921, in west Wichita to Raymond and Anna Ternes Dougherty.
Her education from first grade through Junior College was at St. John’s Academy/Sacred Heart Junior College (now Newman University). After graduation she taught in grades one through eight in rural schools for several years, followed by a stint of employment as deputy clerk of the district court of Sedgwick County from 1943 to 1945.
In 1945, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita and was received into the congregation on Aug. 15, 1945. Her ministries in the congregation included teaching in diocesan elementary schools in Ft. Scott, Arkansas City, St. Anthony’s in Wichita, St. Mary of the Plains Academy in Dodge City, St. Paul, Kan., and Odin High School. Her career in education concluded at St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City as an associate professor of business and economics.
In addition to an associate degree from Sacred Heart Junior College, Sr. Maureen earned a bachelor’s degree from Friends University, a master’s degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and a doctor of business administration from the University of Oregon in Eugene.
In 1972 she was elected assistant general superior. After 1980 she became involved in Health care Administration as CEO of the hospital in Ponca City and positions in Senior Health Care in the CSJ Health System. For many years she participated on boards and committees for hospitals of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Dodge City, Wichita, Ponca City and Blackwell, Okla., and Senior Services in Concordia, Georgetown Village Wichita, Catholic Care Center, and Manhattan. Her service continued after CSJ Health System was folded into Via Christi Health.
In addition to her community, she is survived by three sisters: Frances Frigo, Regina Drescher, and Patricia Bolte, as well as a number of nieces, nephews, and many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to Sisters of St. Joseph Dear Neighbor Ministries.
Thursday, 18 April 2013 09:31
McGOVERN
Sharon J., 62, St. Jude, Wichita, Feb. 26.
STANLEY
Joseph P., 27, St. Joseph, Ost, March 21.
GILBERT
Virginia J. “Ginger,” 70, St. Mary, Derby, March 23.
Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:32
Monsignor Thomas McGread, 84, died Monday evening, April 1. He was a resident of the Catholic Care Center in Wichita.
A vigil for Msgr. McGread will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Wichita. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 5, at St. Francis. Interment will be at Resurrection Cemetery in Wichita at 2 p.m.
Msgr. McGread is known throughout the United States for his work in Catholic stewardship and was instrumental in the adoption of the stewardship way of life for the Diocese of Wichita.
He was born on Dec. 5, 1928, in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, and studied for the priesthood at All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland, where he was ordained a priest on June 21, 1953.
Four months later Msgr. McGread began his work for the Diocese of Wichita as an associate pastor at St. Patrick Parish in Parsons. He served as an associate pastor at St. Anne and St. Jude Parishes through the late 1950s and early 1960s before being named pastor of St. Joseph Parish, South Mound, with St. Ambrose Parish, Erie, as a mission in 1963.
Msgr. McGread returned to Wichita in 1965 as pastor of the Church of the Resurrection Parish. He was named pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in 1968, where he would remain until his retirement in 1999.
He was named Prelate of Honor to his holiness Pope John Paul II on March 4, 1998, and at that time was given the title of Monsignor. This past fall, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Newman University in Wichita. Throughout his 60 years of priestly ministry, Msgr. McGread served on several boards and councils.
Thursday, 04 April 2013 09:55
KISNER
John Joseph, 81, St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita, March 6.
VILLAREAL-DELATORRE
Anselmo, 68, St. Patrick, Wichita, March 6.
WINTERS
Patricia, 80, Blessed Sacrament, Wichita, March 6.
Thursday, 14 March 2013 09:25
Adorer of the Blood of Christ Sister Donna Ronck died Sunday, March 3, while a nurse was reading the 23rd Psalm to her. She was 85 years old. Sixty-four of her years were lived as a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in the Chapel of Our Lady of the New Covenant on Wednesday, March 6, with Father Tom Welk as presider and homilist. Burial in the community cemetery followed.
She was born Sept. 12, 1927, in Anthony, Kan. The family lived on a farm near Wakita, Okla., and belonged to the parish in Clyde, Okla. Donna attended a country grade school near Wakita, Okla., graduated from Wakita High School, and completed college at Sacred Heart College, Wichita. Donna first met ASC sisters at Clyde during a vacation religion school.
Sister Donna pronounced her first vows on July 1, 1948, and soon began her ministry as an elementary teacher in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. She worked in Newman University’s Education Lab, tutored, and performed various services at the ASC Wichita Center.
She was an active Foster Grandparent, especially pleased to assist any special needs students and to support their teachers.
Memorial contributions in Sister Donna’s name may be sent to the ASC Retirement Fund, 4233 Sulphur Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109 or made on-line at www.adorers.org by clicking on the donate button in the upper right corner.
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