Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:09

CAPUTO
Jill Louise, 30, St. Thomas Aquinas, Wichita, Aug. 10
GRILLOT
Robert M. “Bob,” 47, St. Francis, St. Paul, Aug. 10.
RAINES
Patrick Louis, 31, St. Mary, Newton, Aug. 11.

Thursday, 19 August 2010 09:29

NAASZ
Leona Eleanor, 79, Sacred Heart/St. Joan of Arc, Anthony, July 26.
RINGER
Robert G. “Bob,” 88, Holy Cross, Hutchinson, July 27.
CONROY
Donald James 83, St. Thomas Aquinas, Wichita, July 29.

Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:05

SWANK
Tena C., 89, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, July 1.
ZEPF
Deborah Ann, 58, St. Vincent de Paul, Andover, July 1.
PLUMLEE
John Lee “Corky,” 70, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, July 2.
WOLIVAR
Peggy Cooke, 84, St. Mary, Newton, July 2.
SCHMIDT
Mary F., 92, St. Martin, Caldwell, July 8.
CHANCE
Richard “Harold,” 88, St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita, July 10.
NEISES
John J., 89, St. Mark, St. Mark, July 10.
PERRYMAN
Alice M., 75, All Saints, Wichita, July 10.
STERK
Joseph Eugene, 96, Holy Name, Coffeyville, July 11.
DEVLIN
Bernard J. “Barney,” 86, St. Joseph, Conway Springs, July 14.
MAY
Zita E. (Lampe), 86, St. Joseph, Conway Springs, July 14.
HEIER
Carol A., 57, St. Anne, Wichita, July 15.
JARBOE
Joseph W., Sr., 86, Christ the King, Wichita, July 15.
MENDEZ
Lupe Rubio, 83, St. Joseph, Wichita, July 15.
MOHLER
Dorothy (Budde), 87, Sacred Heart, Arkansas City, July 15.
VACARIU
Helen Barbara, 89, Sacred Heart, Halstead, July 15.
HEALY
Theresa I. (Beller), 93, St. Peter, Schulte, July 16.
MEITZNER
Paul H., 83, St. Mary Cathedral, Wichita, July 16.
PARKS
Loren, 78, Sacred Heart, Fredonia, July 17.
SMITH
Donald Ray, 63, St. Joseph, Wichita, July 18.
POSTAI
Rosemary, 81, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg.
SCHEFFLER
Virginia Ann, 80, St. Mary, Newton, July 19.
GARRINGER
Steve C., 28, Holy Spirit, Goddard, July 20.
BROWN-ARMSTRONG
Agnes, 80, St. Anne, Wichita, July 21.
EDWARDS
Josephine “Jo,” 95, St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita, July 22.
McALPINE
James Arnold, 95, Holy Savior, Wichita, July 22.
SIMMONS
Patrick Mark “Pat,” 50, St. Mary, Moline, July 23.
CENTYE
Joseph, 90, All Saints, Wichita, July 25.
DOWNING
Michael Allen, 43, St. Cecilia, Haysville, July 26.
RALSTIN
Roy H., 63, St. Jude, Wichita, July 26.
STRATHE
Angeline “Angie,” Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, July 28.
MEDLAM
Mason Allen, 5, Sacred Heart, Colwich, July 29.
RANDLE
Alfreda “Freda,” 85, Christ the King, July 31.

Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:04

DUBUQUE, Iowa – Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Regina Megivern, 84, died July 14, 2010, at Mount Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa. Services were held July 21.
Sister Regina taught second grade at St. Joseph School, Wichita, from 1948 to 1951.

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 12:56

Sister Patricia (Trish) McConnell, ASC, died July 22 of cancer at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis Street in Wichita, Kan. She was 57 years old and had been an Adorer for six years.
Born Sept. 8, 1952, in Stella, Mo., Trish was the daughter of Billy Joe and Edith (Nickle) Dodson. She was the oldest of seven children, she was raised in a religious family and eventually made the choice to join the Catholic Church. She was confirmed in her Catholic faith at Easter, 1989. Trish married and has two children, Julia Graham of Oklahoma City, and Samuel Mosher of Lincoln, Ark., and one granddaughter, Celica Graham of Oklahoma City.
Trish received a bachelor’s degree in speech from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo., in 1978, and was a certified medical transcriptionist. After working for some years as a medical transcriptionist, she served as pastoral associate and musical director at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Oklahoma City from 1995 to 2001. Her years at St. Andrew brought her into close contact with the ASCs. Feeling a common bond with the ASCs, she became an ASC Associate, and after discernment entered the community in Wichita in 2002. She made first profession in 2004. It was on Nov. 29, 2009, that many sisters and her family and friends gathered in the Chapel of the New Covenant at the Wichita Center in Kansas to witness Sister Trish make her final profession as an Adorer.
As an Adorer, Sister Trish ministered as an assistant to the coordinator and media aide in the Wichita Diocesan Religious Education Office and most recently served as music and art therapist and mission effectiveness coordinator at Villa Maria in Mulvane, Kan. Her beautiful singing voice was often used to cantor at community celebrations. Sister Trish had just returned from the seminar for sisters near perpetual vows in Florence, Italy, this past April and May when she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.
Sister Trish was preceded in death by her grandparents, Erval and Lola Emma Nickle; her parents; and her brother, Wendell. She is survived by her daughter, son and granddaughter; her sisters, Gwendolyn Laizure of Rogers, Ark., Martha King of St. Mary’s, Kan., Pam Vaughn of Springdale, Ark., and Melissa Mitchell of Lincoln, Ark.; her brother, Wesley Dodson of Joplin, Mo.; numerous nieces and nephews; and her ASC Sisters.
A wake for Sister Trish took place at the Wichita Center July 23. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Wichita Center July 24, with presider Father Billy Lewis and homilist Father Jack Feehily.

Thursday, 15 July 2010 12:34

Msgr. Irvin F. Lampe, 93, died Saturday, July 3, in the Girard Medical Center.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 6, at St. Michael Church in Girard with the Most Reverend Michael O. Jackels as main celebrant. Burial was in the St. Peter and Paul Cemetery and Mausoleum in St. Louis, Mo. A rosary was prayed at 7 p.m., Tuesday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Girard. 
Father Lampe was born June 11, 1917, at St. Louis, Mo. He attended the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, and was ordained on May 30, 1943. His first assignment was at St. Patrick Parish in Wichita. In October 1944, Msgr. Lampe became the pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Cunningham. On Aug. 12, 1950, Msgr. Lampe was appointed to St. Michael Parish in Girard. Shortly thereafter he was transferred to John Parish, El Dorado. While in El Dorado, he served as the president for the board of St. Joseph’s Home for orphans and oversaw the construction of a new church.
In 1964, Msgr. Lampe became the pastor of Holy Cross Parish, Hutchinson, and was also appointed to serve on the diocesan board of education, a position he held for 11 years. In May of 1965, Father Lampe was honored with the title of monsignor. He was then appointed pastor of St. Mary Parish, Newton, where he received the Knight of the Year Award for his 16 years of service to the Newton Knights of Columbus.
Msgr. Lampe returned to Girard in 1983. One of his biggest projects after his move there was the rebuilding of St. Aloysius Church in Greenbush, which was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.  He retired in 1992 and at the time of his death was the oldest priest in the diocese.
Memorials are suggested to Msgr. Lampe Seminary Burse with the Diocese of Wichita and these may be left at the church or the Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, 518 W St. John, Box 258, Girard, 66743.
Condolences may be sent to www.wallfuneralservices.com

Thursday, 15 July 2010 12:30

Father John L. Dinan, 89, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita for 52 years, died, Tuesday, July 13.
A rosary was prayed Wednesday, July 14, and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 15. Both took place at St. Jude Church, Wichita.
Father Dinan was born on July 3, 1921, in St. Louis, Mo. He received his seminary training at Paulist Community, St. Paul's, Washington, D.C., and Kenrick, St. Louis. He was ordained on March 22, 1958, in St. Louis.
Father Dinan served in the following parishes: St. Margaret Mary, Wichita; St. Patrick, Parsons; Holy Savior, Wichita; St. Mary Cathedral, Wichita; St. Paul, Lyons; Wichita State Newman Club; Holy Name, Winfield and St. Mary, Oxford; St. Cecilia, Haysville; Church of the Magdalen, Wichita; Sacred Heart, Colwich; Christ the King, Wichita.
Father Dinan taught religion at St. Patrick High School in 1963 and served as chaplain to several organizations while in active ministry including the Wichita State Newman Club.
He retired from active ministry on Oct. 1, 1995, and was residing at the Catholic Care Center at the time of his death.
Interment was at Ascension Cemetery, Wichita.

A eulogy by Fr. Dinan's niece, Kathy Pagano of St. Louis:

We, the family of Fr. John Dinan, would like to thank you for being here today to honor our uncle and a priest of the diocese of Wichita. Uncle John loved being a priest and he loved serving the faithful of the diocese of Wichita. You became family for him since his family was almost 500 miles away in St. Louis. We thank you for loving him the way we loved him.
Uncle John loved his family and enjoyed all the times we could be together. In his younger years he would come to St. Louis often and share in all the fun and activity. He baptized my youngest cousin Nancy, celebrated most of the weddings for his nieces and nephews, baptized some of his great nieces and nephews, including my son Joseph and then served as Joe’s confirmation sponsor. He was proud of his family and thankful for the faith and values his parents, Emily and Edward Dinan, instilled in him and his siblings. He was proud of the fact that 3 of the 6 Dinan children entered religious life – he as a priest and 2 of his sisters, Sr. Joan Marie and Sr. Mary Jane, who were Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary. He loved his youngest sister, Patty, who was born with Down’s Syndrome and his sister Kathryn, who, with her husband Joe, vacationed almost every summer in Wichita. And then there is his oldest brother, Bud (Edward Warren, Jr.), who has called Uncle John every night to keep the family connected. Bud is the only living sibling and celebrated his 101 birthday July 4.
I, along with my siblings, spent many summer vacations here in Wichita as a child, visiting the parishes where my uncle served and having fun swimming with him in the hotel pool. My husband Jim and I even brought our children to Wichita a few times for visits. Whenever we came or talked with Uncle John he was proud to tell us all about his ministry in Wichita and the faithful people here who were so important to him. He truly loved Wichita. In fact, when he retired my mom tried to get him to come back to St. Louis to be closer to his biological family. Every time she would ask Uncle John would tell her that his faith family was here in Wichita and that this is where he wanted to stay.
Our family was very proud of Uncle John’s accomplishments. He was an artist and loved to paint. He was particularly proud of his sketch of St. Joseph. That picture hangs in my living room. Those who visited him either at the rectory, apartment, or retirement center saw some of his artwork that hung on the walls. He was fluent in French and often celebrated Mass in French. And he was excited to be part of the computer age and eagerly set up computer programs for parishes so they could keep better track of parish records. And I have heard many times from parishioners that he was a gifted speaker. He loved to share his love of God through his homilies, RCIA classes, or as a spiritual director or confessor.
I would be remiss if I didn’t take an opportunity to thank the diocese of Wichita first for allowing him to serve his priestly ministry here and secondly for taking care of Uncle John as his mental and physical health declined. We are forever grateful to the many priests and people who cared for him. I would like to particularly thank Yvonne Bryan who as the parish nurse at St. Jude’s began to check on him and became a trusted friend and in several cases a life-saver. Yvonne, our family can never thank you enough for all you did to care for Uncle John and keep us updated on his status. We would also like to thank all the supervisors and care givers at the Catholic Care Center. Uncle John told us over and over again about how happy he was and how wonderful all his caregivers were to him. We are forever grateful for your ministry of care.
Uncle John was forever telling us that God had been so good to him. I would quickly tell him that it was because he answered God’s call to priesthood. God has also been good to us in allowing us to have been part of Fr. John Dinan’s priestly ministry. Now God has called Fr. John home with the words “well done good and faithful servant”. Indeed, God is so good.

Thursday, 15 July 2010 12:29

MONSOUR
Peter T., Jr., 74, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, June 22.
WITTMANN
Mary Kathryn, 94, St. Vincent de Paul, Andover, June 22.
UNRUH
Roger E., 49, St. Mary, Newton, June 23
MARLOW
Eva, 89, St. Mary, Derby, June 24.
MEIER
Marie C. (Fiorelli) 79, Sacred Heart, Colwich, June 24.
HERNANDEZ
Robert M., 83, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Newton, June 26.
MILLER
Frank W. “Big Frank,” 36, St. Mary, Newton, June 26.
DOHERTY
Holly Ann, 54, St. Peter, Schulte, June 27.
RAINES
Jerry Dean, 63, St. Vincent de Paul, Andover, June 27.
RIEDEL
Troy, 42, St. Cecilia, Haysville, June 28.
COSTELLO
James R. “Jim,” 49, St. Cecilia, Haysville, June 29.
HERNANDEZ
Jose Luis Jr., 20, St. Margaret Mary, Wichita, June 30.
HERNANDEZ
Salvador, 48, St. Margaret Mary, Wichita, June 30.
BUNCK
Craig Alan, 43, St. Anthony, Garden Plain, July 2
REDINGER
Julia V., 90, Sacred Heart, Halstead, July 3.
TIEMEYER
Raymond Anthony, 87, St. Rose, Mt. Vernon, July 4.
CROW
Delores, 71, Holy Cross, Hutchinson, July 5.
MINOR
Josephine “Jo,” 74, St. Paul, Lyons, July 5.
BUSTOS
Virginia, 84, St. Andrew, Independence, July 6.
LOYD
James Read, 88, St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita, July 6.
SCHUMACHER-AICH
Alma Marie, 75, St. Teresa, Hutchinson, July 7.

Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:47

Congregation of St. Joseph Sister Leonida Linnebur, former director of the Religion Home Study Program, died June 24. She was 80. Sister Leonida was born on Nov. 7, 1929. On July 29, 1948, Alma Teresa Linnebur entered the Congregation of St. Joseph in Wichita, six years after her older sister Joan entered the same community. She was given the name Sister M. Leonida.
A wake was Sunday, May 27, and a Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, June 28, both at the Congregation of St. Joseph – Wichita Center. Interment was at Mount St. Mary Convent Cemetery.
Sister Leonida’s ministry as an educator began immediately following her canonical year of novitiate. From 1949 to 1974 she taught, served as principal in Catholic elementary schools in Coffeyville, Hutchinson, Wichita, El Dorado, Ft. Scott, Wright, Parsons, Mulvane, Derby and Dodge City, and in Groves, Texas. Sister also served as librarian at Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita.
In 1977 Sister Leonida began a 32-year ministry in religious education. During this time she served in Blackwell, Newkirk and Tonkawa, Okla., as regional director of Parish Ministry in Kay County, Okla., as superintendent of Catholic Schools and Diocesan Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Dodge City, assistant director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. She also taught outreach classes for Saint Mary of the Plains College for several years. In 1991 Sister began to minister as the director of the Religion Home Study Program, which she operated from the Wichita Center. Health issues led to her retirement in 2009.
In addition to the members of her religious community, Sister Leonida is survived by her siblings Sister Vita Linnebur and Sister Eula Linnebur, both of Wichita, Linus and his wife Mary Ann of Kansas City, Mo., Denis and his wife Jean also of Kansas City, Mo., and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to CSJ Dear Neighbor Ministries, Inc., 3700 E. Lincoln, Wichita, KS 67218.

Thursday, 01 July 2010 09:46

Sister of Loretto Joan Marie Van Leeuwen, 77, died June 19 in Denver.
She was born in 1933. In her youth, Sister Joan was a member of St. Francis Parish, St. Paul, Kan., before moving to Wichita at age 19. She worked for the Coleman Co. and Kansas Gas & Electric before entering the order in 1960. She made her first vows in 1963.
Sister Joan worked in the House of Studies in St. Louis, Mo., and held several positions with the order there before moving to Englewood, Colo., where she was staff office bookkeeper. She served as maintenance supervisor for St. Mary’s Academy in the 1980s and was at the Hospice of Peace in Denver from 1990 to 2005.
Sister had seven brothers and sisters. She was the daughter of Henry and Rose (Mudd) Van Leeuwen.