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Category: Obituaries

Sister Freeman was a gift gatherer

Posted on Jan 12, 2017Jan 11, 2017 in Obituaries
Sister Freeman was a gift gatherer

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. — Sister Mary Ellen Freeman, CHM, 73, died at Alexian Brothers Hospice Residence in Elk Grove …Read More

Sister Shaeffer was a teacher, volunteer

Posted on Jan 12, 2017Jan 11, 2017 in Obituaries
Sister Shaeffer was a teacher, volunteer

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Sister Frances Ann Schaeffer, BVM (Louis), 84, died Dec. 26 at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse in Dubuque. …Read More

Sister Thoman was a media leader

Posted on Jan 12, 2017Jan 11, 2017 in Obituaries
Sister Thoman was a media leader

JOHNSTON, Iowa — Sister Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, 73, died Dec. 22 at Bishop Drumm Retirement Center. Elizabeth Jeanne Thoman was …Read More

Deacon Cosgrove, 92, dies

Posted on Dec 22, 2016Dec 21, 2016 in Obituaries
Deacon Cosgrove, 92, dies

Deacon William “Bill” Cosgrove, 92, of Keokuk, passed away on Dec. 17, 2016, at his home in Keokuk. Deacon Cosgrove …Read More

Thanks for nearly 25 years, Fr. Shepley

Posted on Dec 15, 2016Dec 14, 2016 in Obituaries, People
Thanks for nearly 25 years, Fr. Shepley

The Scriptural message at the end of the liturgical year was what we might expect in describing the “end times.” …Read More

Msgr. Morrissey ‘gave it his all’

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Obituaries
Msgr. Morrissey ‘gave it his all’

It was a new year just getting started. That was 1967. Bishop Gerald O’Keefe was installed as the sixth Bishop …Read More

Two BVMs who ministered here die

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Obituaries

DUBUQUE — Sister Veronica Grennan (Ita) and Sister Therese Miller (Therese Emile), both members of the Sisters of Charity of …Read More

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