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Issue of December 22, 2002 Sr. Charlesetta Smith teacher Ursuline Sister of Louisville Charlesetta Smith died Dec. 11 at age 95. A native of Chicago, she was an Ursuline Sister for 78 years. She taught grade school for 49 years in several states and taught at 11 schools in the archdiocese. She also served as a tutor with the Ursuline Tutoring Center. Sr. Natalie Gerlach Teacher School Sister of St. Francis Natalie Gerlach died Dec. 7 at age 87. She lived her religious ministry in education, teaching here at St. Benedict and Alvernia high schools and St. Francis de Sales. She also worked as an editor of math books in Chicago in the early 1970s. Sr. Loretta Gill Educator Felician Sister Mary Loretta Gill died Dec. 6 at age 95 at Our Lady of the Angels Convent in Chicago. A member of the Felician Sisters for 77 years, she taught at St. Isidore (Blue Island), Holy Rosary (N. Chicago) and St. John of God and ministered in Milwaukee for 19 years. Fr. Thomas Garvey Missionary to India Sacred Heart Father Thomas Garvey died Dec. 1 at age 71 following complications from surgery. He had been serving as a missionary in India at the time. Father Garvey entered the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1950 and was ordained in 1958. He served as rector of the Sacred Heart School of Theology from 1978-86. Father Garvey was elected to four terms on the Provincial Council of the U.S. Province. In 1989 he was elected provincial superior. After his second term as provincial superior, he began his ministry in India. Father Garvey is survived by his mother, Agnes, and six siblings. Fr. Daniel McKenna Served Spanish communities Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate Father Daniel McKenna died Nov. 28 at age 70 in Alvin, Texas. A native of Chicago, he was ordained a priest in 1958 in San Antonio, Texas. He ministered in many parishes and missions in Spanish-speaking communities and served as prison chaplain with the Texas Department of Corrections. Sr. M. Magdalen Madden Business professional Sister of Mercy Mary Magdalen Madden died Nov. 28 at age 91. She had been a Sister of Mercy for 68 years. A native of Chicago, Sister Magdalen worked in the business field. She ministered at St. Xavier College and academy, other schools and hospitals. She retired in 1990. Sr. Agnes Rosselli teacher Sister of Charity Agnes Rosselli died Nov. 28 at age 84. She was a teacher and administrator at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago and in several other states. Fr. Ronald Ferguson assistant to Loyola president Jesuit Father Ronald Ferguson died Nov. 27 at age 69. He taught math for several years, including six years at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. He then served as executive assistant to the Chicago Provincial for six years. Father Ferguson was then assigned to Xavier University, where he became director of academic computing. In the nine years he spent there, he helped modernize and advance the computer infrastructure of the university. In 1989, he served for a year as national coordinator of the Jesuit Refugee Service before his appointment as assistant to the president of Loyola University Chicago, where he worked until he became ill earlier this fall. Sr. Maripadraic O’Keefe teacher Sister of Mercy Maripadraic Fr. Albert Kretschmer Served in Ghana Divine Word Missionary Father Albert Kretschmer died Nov. 23 at age 82. He was a priest for 55 years, serving in Divine Word missions in Accra, Ghana, in West Africa until his retirement at Techny in 1999. He began working in Ghana in 1948, where he served as chancellor and head of the matrimonial court of the Accra Diocese. He also served as diocesan chaplain for hospitals, prisons and lepers in Accra. He also served as founder and chaplain for the Catholic Nurses’ Guild of Ghana. He was later appointed chief justice for the interdiocesan tribunal responsible for all the marriage cases of the six dioceses of the southern half of Ghana. Fr. John Ward Began oblate associates Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate Father John Joseph Bernard Ward died Nov. 21 at age 79. A native of Chicago, he was ordained in 1949 in San Antonio, Texas. He then served in Mexico City and in parishes in Texas and Louisiana. Father Ward began a group called the Oblate Associates, friends of the Oblates that became supporters of the OMI missions worldwide. Today the group numbers nearly 100 men and women, and supporters have expanded their membership beyond the San Antonio parish where it was founded. Sr. M. Margaret Bates teacher Sister of Providence Mary Margaret Bates died Nov. 18 at age 75. She taught music in schools in several states. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Agnes. Sr. M. Kinga Stachowiak Educator Felician Sister Mary Kinga Stachowiak died Nov. 14 at age 94. A native of Peru, Ill., she was a member of the Felician Sisters for 77 years. She ministered as an educator and community formation director in Oklahoma when her order established their southwestern province. She served as a teacher at St. Joseph (S. Hermitage). Sr. Evelina Belfiore Teacher, speaker Dominican Sister Evelina Belfiore died Nov. 13 at age 64. She taught in elementary schools in several states. In Chicago, she taught at St. Sabina School. She was also a speaker at many education conferences across the United States. Sr. Felixine Wegner Health care professional Felician Sister Mary Felixine Wegner died Nov. 25 at age 83. She ministered in health care in various fields. She was also a teacher at St. Wenceslus School and served at Montay College 1982-1988.
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