Category : In Memoriam

Rest in Peace, Sister Ethel Dignan, BVM

Sister Ethel Dignan, BVM (Howard), 94, died June 14, at Marian Hall, Dubuque, Iowa. Burial was in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. In the Diocese of San José Sister Ethel was a staff psychologist at Agnew State Hospital in San José, and a clinical psychologist and director at West Valley Mental Health Cente

Two Biological Sisters of Presentation Both Pass Away in April

Two Sisters of the Presentation (who are also biological sisters) both died in April. Sister Maryann Healy, PBVM, (religious name Sister Mary Eugenia) entered eternal life on April 4 at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco. A native of San Francisco, California, Sister Maryann was born in D

Rest in Peace, Brother Eugene Frank, S.M.

The Province of the United States of America recommends to your prayers our dear brother, Eugene Frank, S.M., of the Marianist Community of Cupertino, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on April 22 in Cupertino at the age of 86 with 59 years of religious profession. Brother Gene was

Sister Barbara (James Marie) Geib, SNDdeN

October 3, 1932 – February 4, 2018 We remember with gratitude Sister Barbara (James Marie) Geib, a Bay Area native who died surrounded by a roomful of friends singing “Amazing Grace” in her adopted hometown of Monroe, Wash. Sister Barbara was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 65 years. Born in San

James Robert Sanders, S.J.

January 22, 1941 - April 16, 2018 Jesuit Brother James Robert Sanders, S.J. died on April 16, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He was 77 years old, a Jesuit for 26 years, and had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Jim was born in St. Louis, Missouri, January 22, 1941, the eldest child

Reverend William J. Stout S.J.

January 27, 1933 - March 14, 2018 Father William John Stout, S.J., longtime teacher, chaplain and parish priest, died March 14 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, after a brief illness. He was 85 years of age, a member of the Jesuit Order for 66 years and an ordained Catholic priest for 53 yea