Fr. Jim McEnery died on May 5, 2022, at the age of 95, at the Agrace Don and Marilyn Anderson Hospice Facility in Fitchburg, Wis.
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Msgr. Ken Fiedler dies
Msgr. Ken Fiedler has died. Monsignor Fiedler, most recently pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Madison, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Fr. Laverne Meier dies
Fr. Laverne Meier died August 7, 2021, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Sr. Margaret Ann “Peggy” Brennan, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sister Margaret Ann “Peggy” Brennan, OP, died April 5, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Eunice. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, April 14, 2021, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sr. Alfonso Glancey, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sr. Alfonso Glancey, OP, died March 16, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, March 24, followed by burial of the cremains in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sr. Casimira Adasiewicz, SSSF, dies
Sr. Casimira Adasiewicz, who lived her religious vocation as a teacher and organist for 80 years, died on January 18, 2021, at Sacred Heart in Milwaukee. Sister Casimira was 99 years old.
Sr. Elizabeth Barribeau, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sister Elizabeth “Liz” Barribeau, OP, died Feb. 3, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Valerian. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Feb. 9, followed by burial of the cremains in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sr. Bernadette (Melissa) Prochaska, FSPA, dies
Sr. Bernadette Prochaska, FSPA, 88, died Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021 of pancreatic cancer at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wis. She was in the 68th year of her religious profession.
Sr. Catriona MacLeod, OP, dies
SINSINAWA — Sister Catriona M. K. MacLeod, OP, died Dec. 19, 2020, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Teresa Avila. Natural burial took place Dec. 22 in the Motherhouse Cemetery. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Jan. 6, 2021.
Fr. Francis Steffen dies
Reverend Father Francis Jerome Steffen entered eternal life on December 28, 2020 at the age of 89, at Edenbrook Nursing Home in Platteville, Wisconsin. He was born on November 18, 1931 in Platteville, Wisconsin, and is predeceased by his parents, Frank and Florence (Klar) Steffen, by his sister, Rosemary (Elmer) Digman, and his step-mother, Clara Steffen (Bussan, Tesmer).
After attending Sunnydale Rural Grade School in Belmont Township, and then St. Mary Parish Grade School, Platteville, Fr. Steffen attended Loras High School in Dubuque, Iowa. He completed his collegiate studies at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy in 1953. He attended St. Francis Major Seminary, Saint Francis, Wisconsin, for theological studies. After ordination, he subsequently earned a Master of Arts in Library Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fr. Steffen was ordained to the sacred priesthood by The Most Reverend William P. O’Connor, Bishop of Madison, on May 25, 1957 at St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison.