Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:41

Father Charles K. Harvey, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita for 60 years, died Tuesday, May 22.
A rosary was prayed Thursday, May 24, and a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday. Both were in St. Elizabeth Chapel at the Catholic Care Center. Burial was at Ascension Cemetery.
He was a resident of the Catholic Care Center in Wichita.
Father Harvey, a convert to Catholicism, was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but was raised in Topeka where he attended Hayden Catholic High School. He studied philosophy at St. Benedict’s in Atchison and theology at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, Mo.
He was ordained on March 8, 1952, by Bishop Mark K. Carroll at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita.
Father Harvey was first assigned in 1952 as an assistant at Holy Savior Parish in Wichita. He later served at St. Luke Hospital in Marion, St. Francis Hospital and St. Patrick Parish in Wichita, and St. Mary Parish in Derby.
He received his first pastorate in 1962 at St. Rose, Mount Vernon. He was named pastor of St. Mary in Chase in 1964, and St. Patrick, Galena, and St. Joseph, Baxter Springs, in 1967. Father Harvey was moved to St. Mary Parish in Moline nine years later, in 1976.
He was named pastor of St. Paul, Lyons, in 1983, where he served for seven years. He was then named pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wichita in 1990. The next year he was named pastor of St. Mary, Aleppo.
He retired from active priestly duty on Dec. 31, 1993.
Fr. Harvey had “given generously of himself to the people of the diocese in his various assignments,” Bishop Emeritus Eugene J. Gerber said in 1993 upon Father Harvey’s retirement.

Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:39

A funeral Mass was celebrated May 14 for Adorer of the Blood of Christ Sister Macrina Seidl, a longtime teacher who prepared hundreds of youngsters for their first confession and first Holy Communion. The Mass was celebrated by Sister Macrina’s nephew, Precious Blood Father James Betzen, in the Chapel of Our Lady of the New Covenant at the Adorers’ Wichita Center.
Sister Macrina died May 10 at the Wichita Center. She was 94 years old and had been an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 75 years.
Sister Macrina was born Jan. 30, 1918, in Ost. She entered the Wichita ASC community at age 17 on Aug. 28, 1935, and was received into the Adorers of the Blood of Christ May 8, 1936. She made her first vows Aug. 10, 1937, and her final vows July 1, 1942.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in education in 1954 from Sacred Heart College in Wichita and a master’s in education from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia.
“I just love children. I just love God living in them,” she said. In Kansas, Sister Macrina taught at St. Mary School in Marienthal from 1941 to 1942; St. James School in Augusta from 1942 to 1944; St. Joseph School in Liebenthal from 1946 to 1948, St. Martin School in Piqua from 1949 to 1950, Sacred Heart School in Ness City from 1950 to 1952, All Saints School in Wichita from 1952 to 1959; and at St. Nicholas School in Kinsley from 1966 to 1968.
In Oklahoma, Sister Macrina taught grades in Stillwater from 1939 to 1940 and Elk City from 1965 to 1966. In Nebraska she taught at David City from 1948 to 1949.

Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:38

ANDERTON
Ellen Catherine (Cregan), 70, St. Catherine of Siena, Wichita, May 10.
LERO
Norbert E., 87, St. Francis, St. Paul, May 10.
WALSH
Winnifred N., 92, St. Patrick, Walnut, May 10.

Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:46

Sister served at Via Christi St. Francis, Wichita
Sister of the Sorrowful Mother Mary David Kole, 78, who worked in pastoral care ministry at Via Christi St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, died May 2 in Oshkosh, Wisc.
Services were held May 3 and 4 at the Franciscan Courts Chapel in Oshkosh. Her burial was May 7 at Riverside Cemetery.
Sister Mary David was born on Nov. 4, 1933, to Joseph and Stafania (Stopers) Kole in Pittsburgh, Pa.
She entered the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother on July 9, 1960, made final vows Aug. 12, 1963, celebrated her Silver Jubilee in 1988, and retired at Our Lady of Sorrows Convent in Broken Arrow, Okla., in 2003. She moved to Franciscan Courts in 2005.
Sister Mary David earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and served as a teacher in Denville, N.J. In 1979 she obtained certification in pastoral care ministry and a master’s degree in the field in 1988.
Sister Mary David is remembered for her care and compassion for those suffering from AIDS.

Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:44

PEINE
Wallace, 80, St. Martin, Piqua, April 20.
GARZA
Yamelix Ruby, 14, St. Mary Cathedral, Wichita, April 25.
HEIENS
Linda M. Kowalsky, 58, St. Michael, Mulvane, April 25.

Thursday, 03 May 2012 09:31

BLICK
Joseph C., 80, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Wichita, April 11.
SCHWARTZ
V. Dean, M.D., 87, St. Thomas Aquinas, Wichita, April 12.
ERKER
Irvin S. “Butch,” 85, St. Anthony/St. Rose, Wellington, April 13.

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 13:55

PFEIFER
Jean C., 68, St. Peter, Schulte, March 26.
SASSER
Alyx Jordan, 5-month-old daughter of Ashley Marie Pepper and Reuben Jordan Ross Sasser, St. Catherine of Siena, Wichita, March 27.
SHEAHAN
Glen Robert, 61, St. Margaret Mary, Wichita, March 28.

Thursday, 05 April 2012 09:52

Sister of Charity Eileen Gallen, 94, died March 31, at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. Burial was in the Mount Carmel cemetery.
Sister Eileen was principal of St. Thomas Aquinas school from 1965 to 1970. She also taught elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa; Chicago, Ill.; San Francisco and Petaluma, Calif.; Kauai, Hawaii; and Tucson, Ariz. For many years, she was principal and superior, registrar and part-time library assistant in Phoenix, Ariz.
She was born in San Francisco on Sept. 3, 1917, to James and Mary Brerton Gallen. She entered the Sisters of Charity, BVM congregation on Sept. 8, 1935, from St. Paul Parish, San Francisco. She professed first vows on March 19, 1938, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1943.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers: James, John, Philip, Thomas and William. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Eileen Gallen, Novato, Calif.; nieces and a nephew; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 76 years.
Memorials may be given to the Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003, or online at www.bvmcong.org/whatsnew_obits.cfm.

Thursday, 05 April 2012 09:51

BAXTER
Leslie K., Jr., 86, St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita, March 7.
KORTE
Herman G., 93, St. Vincent de Paul, Andover, March 7.
GIBFRIED
Joseph, 40, St. Mary, Derby, March 8.