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Obituaries

Father Polk, urban leader and church builder, dies

November 18, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Thomas T. Polk, a priest who threw himself into urban ministry and later led a fast-growing parish in Frederick County, died Nov. 10 after battling dementia for several years. He was 69.

Mourners at funeral celebrate life of Yeardley Love, Virginia lacrosse player; challenged to forgive

May 8, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Hundreds of friends and family gathered at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland May 8 to celebrate the life of Yeardley Love, a senior lacrosse player at the University of Virginia and 2006 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson.

Archbishop Borders, champion of collegiality and social justice, dies at 96

April 19, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Renowned for his commitment to collegiality, social justice and a pastoral approach to leadership, Archbishop Borders led the archdiocese from 1974 to 1989, when he retired.

Parishioners, clergy gather to celebrate life of Monsignor Tinder

December 17, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

As pallbearers slowly guided Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder’s casket out of Immaculate Conception Church in Towson following his Dec. 12 funeral Mass, approximately 120 priests and deacons united their voices in a final tribute to their brother clergyman. A solemn church bell tolled every few seconds while the white-robed men chanted “Salve Regina” in Latin […]

Soldier killed in Afghanistan is remembered as Renaissance man

November 26, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Christopher J. Coffland, a Baltimore native, was killed by a roadside bomb Nov. 13 in the Wardak province of Afghanistan. The Army reservist, who had joined the military a month before he reached the enlistment age limit of 42, had been in Afghanistan for two weeks working as an intelligence specialist.

Clarksville pastor remembers VMI cadet

November 19, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

St. Louis in Clarksville is mourning the loss of John Alexander Evans, a 19-year-old parishioner who died Nov. 7 after completing a 10-mile road march at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington.

Father Martin, ‘ultimate miracle worker,’ laid to rest

March 14, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

“He reminded them that the life of every human being was no mistake,” Father Carey said. “God had wonderful plans for each of them.”

Father Martin, leader in addiction treatment, dies

March 12, 2009
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sulpician Father Joseph C. Martin, a leader in the addiction treatment field who cofounded the Father Martin’s Ashley treatment center, died March 9. He was 84.

Pioneering Josephite priest dies

December 11, 2008
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Robert “Rocky” Kearns, a pioneering Josephite priest, pastor and superior general who was active in the social justice movement, died in an Alabama hospital Dec. 6 from complications of cancer. He was 72.

Father Brooksbank dies at 35

May 29, 2008
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Kevin W. Brooksbank, a 35-year-old associate pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baynesville, died May 25 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson after battling a viral infection and kidney failure.

Father Funk, Frederick pastor, dies

February 21, 2008
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Wayne G. Funk, the longtime pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Frederick who was known for his encouraging, pastoral presence, died Feb. 16 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The 70-year-old priest had battled cancer for nearly five years.

Father Bak, ‘pioneer’ in diaconate, dies

June 15, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Bernard S. Bak, one of the first permanent deacons ordained in the United States who later became a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died in his Dundalk home June 8. He was 85. A funeral Mass was offered June 11 at St. Casimir in Canton, the parish in which Father Bak grew up and where he served as a deacon after his 1971 ordination. Father Bak also served as a deacon at Christ the King in Dundalk. After his wife of 35 years, Antoinette Stefanowicz, died in 1984, Father Bak petitioned the archdiocese to become a priest. He studied at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park and was ordained a priest in 1988.

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