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Obituaries

Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Florek, first Franciscan at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, dies at 80

March 27, 2025
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Florek, the first Franciscan to lead St. Clement Mary Hofbauer parish, died March 22 at age 80.

Margaret ‘Margie’ Meyers remembered for skill at pastoral planning

March 26, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Margaret “Margie” Meyers, a longtime parishioner of St. Peter parish in Westernport and a force in Catholic faith formation and pastoral planning in Western Maryland, died March 10 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., following a brief illness with a neuromuscular disorder. She was 65.

Sister Gloria Keltz, O.S.F., dies at 95

March 20, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Gloria Keltz (formerly Sister Robert St. Joan) was offered March 6 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Gloria died March 3. She was 95 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years.

Brother Eric J. Henderson, F.S.C., dies at 82

March 10, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Christian Brother Eric J. Henderson was offered Feb. 21 at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. Brother Eric died Feb. 13. He was 82.

Sister Evelyn Grudza, who ministered for 64 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, dies at 92

March 6, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Uncategorized

A funeral Mass was offered Feb. 28 for Franciscan Sister Evelyn Grudza (formerly Sister Philip Marie), a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 70 years. Sister Evelyn, who ministered in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for 64 years, died at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., Feb. 25 at 92. 

Former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa dies

February 27, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Joseph C. Simmons, the former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa, who led major construction projects and was remembered for his presence to parishioners, died Feb. 25 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He had just turned 89 Feb. 19.

Father Nixon Mullah, S.S.J., dies at 51

February 24, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

A memorial Mass for Josephite Father Nixon Mullah will be offered Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at St. Luke in Washington, D.C.

Redemptorist Father Knappik, an associate pastor in Annapolis and Baltimore, dies at 92

February 24, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass was offered Feb. 21 for Redemptorist Father Richard Knappik at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Ephrata, Pa. Father Knappik, who ministered as an associate pastor in Annapolis and Baltimore, died Feb. 16, one day short of his 93rd birthday.

Sister Marianne Muscott, who served in Baltimore for three decades, dies at 83

February 20, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 20 for Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Marianne Muscott (formerly Sister Stella Maris) at St. Francis Convent in Saint Francis, Wisc. Sister Marianne died Nov. 12 at age 83.

Sister Margaret Gardner, former special educator in Baltimore, dies at 103

February 20, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

A memorial Mass will be offered Feb. 28 for Sister of St. Francis of Assisi Margaret Gardner (formerly Sister Mary David) at St. Francis Convent in Saint Francis, Wisc. Sister Margaret, who worked in special education at St. Elizabeth School in Baltimore, died Jan. 24, three days shy of her 104th birthday.

Sister Joan Drega, former development director for Daughters of Charity, dies at 88

February 19, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass was offered Feb. 12 for Daughter of Charity Sister Joan Drega (Josephine Mary) in the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Joan, a Baltimore native who served as a regional director of development for her order, died Feb. 7 at 88.

Faith, family, football pivotal for late owner of Bears, who was married in Bel Air

February 10, 2025
By John Knebels
OSV News
Filed Under: News, Obituaries, Sports, World News

When Virginia Halas McCaskey died Feb. 6 at age 102, a nonstop flood of remembrance and gratitude enveloped the sports world and social media.

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