Sister Patricia “Patty” Caraher, OP, died Wed., Nov. 13, 2024, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.
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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.
Sr. Mary Schlehuber, OP, has died
Sister Mary Schlehuber, OP, died June 22, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Mary Ania. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, July 7, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sr. Betty Smith, OP, dies
Sr. Betty Smith, OP, died Feb. 11, 2023, at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa. Her religious name was Sister Erneste. The funeral Mass was held at the motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Feb. 20, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sister Mary Alice (Leonina) Simanek dies
Sister Mary Alice Simanek (Sister M. Leonina), who lived her religious vocation as a teacher for 81 years, died at Sacred Heart in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 23, 2022. Sister was 98 years old.
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.
Sr. Angeline Kieler dies
Sister Angeline Kieler, 91, who lived her religious vocation as an educator for seven decades, died at Sacred Heart in Milwaukee on October 8, 2022.
Sr. Jacqueline A. Tierney, OBT, dies
Sr. Jacqueline A. Tierney, OBT, age 85, died on October 16, 2022, in her family home in the care and the company of her sister Fran and religious sister, Sr. Hedwig Rojas, OBT.
Sr. Mary Ann Schintz, OP, dies
Sister Mary Ann Schintz, OP, died Aug. 24, 2022, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis. Her religious name was Sister Raoul. Natural burial took place Aug. 29 in the Motherhouse Cemetery, Sinsinawa, Wis. The funeral Mass was held at the motherhouse, Sinsinawa, Sept. 2.