Sr. Frances Tylutki

Art teacher

Resurrection Sister Frances Tylutki, 86, died Feb. 15. Born in Chicago, she entered the Sisters of the Resurrection in 1944. She studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and received her bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, New York. She taught art for 45 years at Resurrection High School.

Sr. Callista Manion

Educator

Dominican Sister Callista Manion, 92, died April 29 at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis. She made her final profession of vows in 1936. She served as a teacher in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Colorado. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Luke in River Forest (1932-33), Visitation Grade School (1935-38) and St. Basil (1956-57; 1968-69).

Fr. John Schuett

Taught at St. Ignatius

Jesuit Father John T. “Jack” Schuett, 79, died July 2 in Grand Blanc, Mich. Father Schuett was born in Detroit and attended grade school and high school there. He received a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University Chicago in 1950 and later earned a master’s degree from Loyola in 1956. He entered the Jesuit Order in 1945 and was ordained in 1958. He also taught at St. Ignatius High School in Chicago from 1952-55, and he was a professor at St. Louis University (1964-65) and University of Detroit (1965-7).

Sr. Mary Bernice Weber

Educator, librarian

Dominican Sister Mary Bernice (Marie Norbert) Weber, 84, died May 2 at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis. Born in Chicago, she made her final profession of vows in 1947. She was an elementary teacher for 22 years, a school librarian for six years, and an archivist at Edgewood College, Madison, for seven years.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Sabina (1948-49), St. Barnabas (1958-59) and St. Mary in Evanston (1959-1960). She was an administrative assistant at Rosary College (now Dominican University), River Forest, (1966-69). She also served as the librarian at Queen of Peace High School in Burbank (1969-73) and St. Giles in Oak Park (1979-81). She served as pastoral minister at Epiphany (1973-79).

Ken Oczkowski

Brother of staffer

Ken Oczkowski, the brother of Maryann Fox, administrative assistant to the chancellor, died suddenly June 12. A funeral Mass was held at St. Renee Goupil Church. He is also survived by his mother, Dorothy Oczkowski.

Sr. Adele Bennett

Educator

Mercy Sister Mary Adele Bennett, 70, died June 17 at Northwestern Hospital. A native of Chicago, she taught at St. James, St. Lucy, St. Patrick, St. Thomas Aquinas, Resurrection, Austin Career Center and St. Angela. She retired in 2003.

Fr. Anthony Krajci

Chicago-born missionary

Divine Word Missionary Father Anthony Krajci, 88, died June 23 at Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview. Born in Chicago, he attended Holy Rosary (Slovak) Parish and School on Chicago’s Southside. He studied for the priesthood at St. Mary’s Seminary, Techny, where he was ordained in 1945.

His first assignment was as a parish priest and teacher in the Diocese of Wewak, New Guinea. He returned briefly to the United States in 1958 to earn a master’s degree in education from the University of Chicago.

He returned to New Guinea in 1962 where he served as pastor and teacher at Landor Catholic Mission in Wabag.

Father Krajci returned to Chicago in 1995 to celebrate his Golden Jubilee. Following the celebration, he returned to the mission in Landor until he retired at Techny in 1997. In total, he served at the mission for 51 years.

Sr. Mary Aileen Minta

Educator

Providence Sister Mary Aileen (Elizabeth Jane) Minta, 86, died June 24 at Mother Theodore Hall, St. Mary of the Woods, Ind. She entered the Sisters of Providence in 1939. She ministered as a teacher at schools in Indiana, Illinois and Massachusetts. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at Maternity BVM (1941-44) and St. Francis Xavier in Wilmette (1947-51).



Sr. Janice Dwyer

Social worker

Daughter of Charity Sister Janice Dwyer died July 22, just two days short of her 64th birthday. She served for over 25 years as director of social services at Marillac Social Center on Chicago’s West Side. She retired last year and moved to Evansville, Ind.

Sister Janice became a Daughter of Charity in 1962. She has also served at St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center in Michigan, St. Vincent Home in Michigan and St. Vincent Infant Home in Baltimore.

For several years at Marillac Social Center, Sister Janice ran a child-abuse prevention program that was operated under contract with the state Department of Children and Family Services.

Rowena Sanders, outreach director at Marillac, worked with Sister Janice in the child abuse prevention program. “Sister was always listening first. She would hear your side of the story before moving forward,” Sanders said. “She would find a way to make things happen. Yet, she was firm.”

Sanders remembers one mother who had around 10 children. One night the mother was gone and the police were going to bring the children to DCFS. It was after midnight when the kids called Sister Janice to see if she could help. Sister Janice, Sanders and another person all ran over to the house. They split the kids up and took them home for the night. By the next day the mother was back home.

Sister Janice also served as a role model to triplet boys who came to Marillac in 1981. She continued to visit the boys even when they were relocated to a home near Rockford. The triplets are now 23 years old; they all have jobs and live in Rockford.