Father James L. Fugle, former pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Corfu, died Oct. 23, 2021. He was 57. Born Jan. 28, 1964, in Varysburg, the son of Leo and Carol (Conrad) Fugle attend ...
Sister Helen Therese Pelc died peacefully on Oct. 17, 2021, at St. Francis Park in the 91st year of life and the 72nd year of religious life. Sister Helen Therese was born on June 26, ...
Father Dennis W. Cleary died on Sept. 24, 2021, at the Beechwood Continuing Care Facility in Getzville. He was 73 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 44 years. Dennis William Cleary was born in ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Father Raymond Mann, OFM, 89, a professed friar with Holy Name Province for 68 years and a priest for 62, died on Sept. 23, 2021, at St. Anthony Friary, where he lived for ...
Sister Carmen Paris, OSF, who led a ministry of housekeeping for her fellow Stella Niagara Franciscans, died Sept. 27, 2021, at Niagara Hospice House in Lockport. She was 98. The former Teresa Paris was born ...
Sister Mary Mark Wickenhiser, a Daughter of St. Paul for 63 years, died suddenly in Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, on Sept. 4, 2021. Born Margaret Wickenhiser in September of 1941, she was the youngest of six ...
Father Dennis W. Mende, a longtime fixture in Jamestown, died Sept. 8, 2021. The pastor of Holy Apostles and St. James parishes was 74. Born Dec. 7, 1946, in Franklin, New Jersey, to Rudolph and ...
Sister Catherine Meiler, who spent nearly 40 years educating young minds died Sept. 6, 2021, just short of her 84th birthday. Born Catherine Margaret Meiler on Sept. 8, 1937, in Lancaster, the daughter of John ...
Father Walter L. Matuszak, the longtime pastor of Resurrection Parish in Cheektowaga, died Aug. 31, 2021, at the age of 90. Born May 27, 1931, in Buffalo, the son of Vincent and Sophie (Swinineski) Matuszak ...
Sister M. Bernice Zieminski, longtime teacher in the Diocese of Buffalo, died Aug. 23, 2021. Dorothy Zieminski was born in Buffalo on April 22, 1927, to Adalbert and Cecelia Zieminski, the oldest of seven children. Dorothy ...