Fr. Kenneth John Klink died on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the age of 84, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Category: Clergy obituaries
Fr. James Kuhn dies
Fr. James Gerald Kuhn died on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at the age of 79, at Oakwood Village Hospice in Madison.
Msgr. Terrance Connors dies
Msgr. Terrence Leo Connors died on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the age of 79 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Fr. Jerome Maksvytis dies
Fr. Jerome Joseph Maksvytis died on Monday, May 27, 2024, at the age of 76, at his home in Portage, Wisconsin, succumbing to terminal cancer.
Msgr. John Hebl dies
Msgr. John Hebl died at his home on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the age of 88.
Fr. Roger Nilles dies
Fr. Roger Gabriel Nilles died on August 4, 2023, at the age of 90 at St. John’s on the Lake in Milwaukee.
Fr. William Robert Connell has died
Reverend Father William Robert Connell entered peacefully to eternal life on April 28, 2023 at the age of 73 at the SSM Health St. Mary’s Care Center, Madison, succumbing to a long battle with a neurological disorder. He was born on September 7, 1949 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Father Connell is survived by his siblings Barb Curtis; Jim (Janice); John (Phyllis); Mary Joan Rebout; Peg (Marc) Gaida; Marilyn Runaas; Carolyn (Jan) Peterson, and Mike (Terri). He is predeceased by his parents, Robert and Catherine (Howard) Connell and two brothers: Joseph and Daniel.
Fr. Thomas Doheny dies
Fr. Thomas Richard Doheny entered eternal life on March 1, 2023, at the age of 91 years at All Saints Neighborhood in Madison. He was born on February 5, 1932 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Father Doheny is survived by his nieces and nephews and many other friends. He is predeceased by his parents, Charles and Genevieve (McGinnity) Doheny, three brothers, Charles, Msgr. James, and John “Jack”, and two sisters, Anne Marie Kressin and Kathleen Burg.
Bishop Paul J. Swain dies at age 79
The Diocese of Madison, with sorrow, shares the news of the death of Most Reverend Paul J. Swain, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, ordained a priest of the Diocese of Madison in 1988. Bishop Swain died on Saturday, November 26, at the age of 79, in hospice care after suffering significant medical complications in recent weeks. In recent days, Catholics in the Dioceses of Sioux Falls and Madison were asked to pray for Bishop Swain, as his condition worsened. Funeral arrangements in Sioux Falls are pending.
Fr. Cy Weisensel dies
Fr. Cyril “Cy” Otto Weisensel entered eternal life on October 26, 2022, at the age of 81 years, at Sunset Ridge Memory Care in Jefferson.