Sr. Anne Kachelmeier
EDUCATOR, MUSICIAN
School Sister of St. Francis Anne
(Virgilia) Kachelmeier, 99, died
Jan. 26 at Sacred Heart Convent,
Milwaukee.
She entered
the community
in 1929 and
p r o f e s s e d
vows in 1934.
Sister Anne
served as a
teacher, organist,
musician
and music supervisor.
She
also gave private music lessons. In
the Archdiocese of Chicago, she
served as a teacher and organist at
St. William School, 1929-35; St.
Maurice School 1935-37; and St.
Philomena School 1952-53.
Frank Knoll
FORMER MARINE/VOLUNTEER
Frank P. Knoll, 89, died Feb. 2. Mr.
Knoll, a Chicago native, volunteered
in several Catholic organizations
and was an active member of
St. Margaret Mary Parish for 50
years. Bishop Raymond Goedert
was the main celebrant at a Feb. 10
funeral Mass held at St. Margaret
Mary Church.
Mr. Knoll graduated from Loyola
Academy, Loyola University
and Loyola University Law
School. He had served as the president
of the Loyola University
Alumni Association.
He joined the Marines after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor and
served as a demolition officer in
the South Pacific. After the war, he
worked in the marketing department
at Illinois Bell Telephone
Company for 35 years.
Mr. Knoll served on the board of
Holy Cross Hospital for over 25
years. He served as the chairman of
St. Margaret Mary Parish's finance
committee. He was a lector and a
retreat leader.
Mr. Knoll was also the chairman
of the development committee and
a member of the president’s council
at St. Scholastica Academy. He was
a devoted supporter and volunteer at
Misericordia Heart of Mercy.
Fr. James Dore
RETIRED RESIDENT
Servite Father James M. Dore, 74,
died Feb. 4 at Annunciata Priory.
Father Dore was a solemn professed
friar and priest of the Order
of Friar Servants of Mary, USA
Province. He was a retired resident
at Annunciata Church on the East
Side.
A funeral Mass for Father Dore
was offered Feb. 12 at Annunciata
Church. Father Dore is survived by
his brothers, Philip, Daniel and
Robert, one sister, Marilyn Klimara,
nieces and nephews.
Sr. Mary Benjamin Watts
NURSE
Mercy Sister Mary Benjamin Watts,
84, died Feb. 2 at Provena McAuley
Manor in Aurora. A native of Jackson,
Miss., Sister Benjamin attended
Beale School in Chicago. She
later ministered in nursing. She
served in Chicago at Mercy Infirmary,
Mother McAuley High
School, Mercy Hospital and Mercy
Hall. She also previously served at
Mercyville Sanitarium in Aurora, in
addition to other hospitals and care
facilities in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Kathleen Long
FOUNDER OF CHICAGO MARIAN
CENTER
Mrs. Kathleen Long, the founder
and director of the Chicago Marian
Center, died suddenly Dec. 23 of a
heart attack.
Mrs. Long
was born in
Dublin, Ireland,
immigrated
to
Canada and
later settled in
C h i c a g o ,
where she
raised her four
children.
The Chicago Marian Center was
recognized by the Archdiocese of
Chicago. The center sponsors pilgrimages,
Marian conferences and
days of recollection. Mrs. Long also
opened a chapel in a shopping mall.
Just prior to her death, the Marian
Center along with the religious
gift shop, Trinity and Shamrock,
relocated to 7331 N. Harlem,
Niles. Mrs. Long’s efforts are
being continued, by her daughter,
Margaret Hoffman, and her granddaughters.