Issue of December 18, 2005
Mary McGuire Henebry
Friend of Misericordia
A funeral Mass for Mary McGuire “Liz” Henebry, 86, was offered Nov. 11 at her parish church, Ss. Faith, Hope and Charity, Winnetka. Mrs. Henebry died at home, Nov. 5, after a six-year battle with cancer.
She attended St. Ambrose Grade School in the Kenwood neighborhood, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chicago; and Barat College, Lake Forest. During World War II she married John P. “Jock” Henebry, U. S. Air Force, who distinguished himself in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea and retired in 1976 as a major general.
Mrs. Henebry was known for her devotion and involvement through the years with Misericordia Home, whose Woman’s Board her mother had founded. She was also active in the Cuneo Hospital Auxiliary as well as other Catholic charitable works.
Mrs. Henebry is survived by her husband and their five children, Patricia Callahan, John, Walter, Mary Erdoes and Jeannine Rublee, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One of her surviving 48 nieces and nephews is Bishop-elect George Rassas, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Sr. Ann Clement Voegerl
Cook, housekeeper
Sister of Providence Ann Clement (Dorothy Veronica) Voegerl, 77, died Oct. 13 in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind. She was born in St. Anthony, Ind., Jan. 1, 1928. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence in 1944 and professed final vows in 1952.
Sister Voegerl ministered as a housekeeper and cook in convents and schools in Indiana, Illinois and California. She was a cook at Marywood School in Evanston from 1952-54.
Sr. Lucy Williams
Principal
Sister of St. Francis Lucy Williams died Nov. 1 at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Family, Dubuque, Iowa.
In Chicago, Sister Williams was principal of St. Thomas the Apostle School until June 2005. She also served as principal at St. Denis, St. Thaddeus, Blessed Sacrament, Holy Family on May Street, and Sacred Heart in Englewood. Sister Lucy also taught for 13 years at Corpus Christi School here. She served as a principal for 25 years in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Helen A. Gorski
Mother of priest
Helen A. Gorski, mother of Father Lawrence E. Gorski, died Nov. 16. A funeral Mass was held for Mrs. Gorski Nov. 19 at St. Fabian Church in Bridgeview. Gorski is a parish priest at Our Lady of Grace Church on Chicago’s Northwest Side.
Sr. Trinette Schweitzer
Educator
School Sister of St. Francis Trinette Schweitzer, 93, died Oct. 22 at Sacred Heart Convent, Milwaukee. Born in Chicago, she entered the School Sisters of St. Francis community in 1934 and professed her vows in 1936.
Sister Schweitzer taught at St. Maurice School in Chicago from 1941-55.
Sr. M. Anna Black
Educator
Sister of the Holy Cross Mary Anna (Anna Wanda) Black, 88, died Oct. 10 at St. Mary’s Convent in Notre Dame, Ind. A funeral Mass for Sister Black was held Oct. 13 at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto in Notre Dame.
She was born in Morris, Ill., and ministered as an elementary school teacher. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Theodore School, 1967-70; and Most Holy Redeemer School in Evergreen Park,1957-64.
Sr. Lucy Beck
Educator
Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Lucy (Helen) Beck, 98, died Oct. 2 at the Convent of the Holy Spirit in Techny. Three of her sisters had entered the Sisters of Notre Dame and preceded her in death.
Sister Beck taught kindergarten and first grade in Mississippi and Arkansas. She went on to teach religious education and work in social ministries for 30 years in Pennsylvania.
She returned to Techny in 1967 and worked in communications, vocation ministry and mission education until her retirement.
Sr. Elizabeth Kane
Educator
Dominican Sister Elizabeth (William) Kane, 90, died Nov. 8 at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis. Born in Seneca, Wis., she made her final profession of vows as a Sinsinawa Dominican in 1937.
She served as an elementary teacher and principal. She also served in parish ministry and as a pastoral associate.
She served in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Kane taught and was the principal at St. Luke in River Forest from 1956-62.
Br. Louis Richard
Educator
Marist Brother Louis Richard, 73, died suddenly on Oct. 30 in Lawrence, Mass. Born and raised in Lawrence, he entered the Marist Brothers in 1950 and professed first vows in 1952 and perpetual vows in 1957.
Brother Richard served at a number of training houses before beginning his teaching career in the Archdiocese of New York, where he served at schools from 1960-83.
From 1983-90, he taught at St. Thomas More School in Chicago, and from 1990 through June 2005, Brother Louis served as an assistant in the computer labs and Academic Resource Center at Marist High School in Chicago.
Brother Richard returned to Lawrence, Mass., in June 2005 and began his ministry at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence in Sept. 2005.
Sr. Rose (Jeanette) Louise Zimmer
Educator, principal
Dominican Sister Rose (Jeanette) Louise Zimmer, 93, died in Adrian, Mich. Nov. 11. Born in St. Clair, Mich., she received a bachelor of philosophy degree in history and a bachelor’s degree in music education from Siena Heights University in Adrian.
She taught for 45 years in Michigan, Florida and Illinois. In the Archdiocese of Chicago she was a teacher (1954-59) and principal (1959-65) at St. Albert the Great in Oak Lawn. She also served as a principal and teacher at St. Kevin in Chicago (1968-70). She taught at St. Mary Star of the Sea (1965-67), St. Claire of Montefalco (1967-68), St. Denis (1970-72) and Our Lady of Good Counsel (1972-78).
Sr. Mary Beth Wright
Educator
Dominican Sister Mary Beth Wright, 93, died in Dubuque, Iowa, on Oct. 18. Sr. Mary Beth made her first religious profession as a Sinsinawa Dominican in 1943, and her final profession in 1946.
She taught elementary school for 21 years and high school business for 11 years in Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Montana. She also served as provincial secretary for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Sabina (1943-44), and she taught business education at Visitation High School (1964-67).
Frank Botello Jr.
School electrician
A funeral Mass was celebrated for Frank Botello Jr. Nov. 21 at St. Michael the Archangel church. Burial was at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Chicago. Mr. Botello died Nov. 16 of coronary heart disease. He was 48.
Mr. Botello was an electrician, and he handled all of the major repairs at St. Michael the Archangel School on the South side. He was also involved in other programs at the school. He had served as a volunteer athletics coach, a DJ at school events, the president of the school’s advisory board and the organizer of the athletic division.
Born in San Antonio, Mr. Botello was raised in Chicago and attended St. Michael. In addition, all of his six children attended school there, and his wife, Lucia Botello, teaches preschool there. Mr. Botello is survived by his wife; daughters, Elisa, Jessica Lee and Lucia Bianca Botello; sons, Andre, Santiago and Frank Botello III; father, Frank Botello Sr.; mother, Josephine Botello, and three sisters, Betty Jean Gerlich, Joanna Botello Lynch and Jacqueline Baskett.
Sr. Catherine (Mary Veronica) Lynch
Educator, principal
Benedictine Sister Catherine (Mary Veronica) Lynch, 88, died Nov. 24. Born in Mazomanie, Wis., Sr. Catherine was raised in Chicago. She attended St. Scholastica Academy and entered St. Scholastica Monastery when she was 20. She received a bachelor’s of arts degree in English and a master’s degree in administration from DePaul University.
She taught at St. Hilary Parish School. She served for 33 years at St. Scholastica Academy as a teacher, counselor, principal, and in 1972, she became the first president of the school.
In 1978, Sr. Catherine was appointed as development director for the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, and in 1989 she became director of the Benedictine Oblates at the monastery. Then until 1996 she served as spiritual guide for the lay members of the Oblates.
Sr. Stella Marie Benben (Mary Ezechiela)
Educator, principal
Felician Sister Stella Marie Benben (Mary Ezechiela), 96, died Nov. 22. Born in Chicago, Sr. Stella Marie entered the Felician Sisters in 1927 and professed her final vows in 1935. She taught at elementary and high schools in Illinois and also served as a high school principal. She was the principal at Good Counsel High School from 1957-67. She also taught in the Archdiocese of Chicago at St. James (1927-37), Holy Rosary in North Chicago (1937-38), St. Joseph High School on South Hermitage (1940-57, 1967-71, 1972-79), and Good Counsel High School (1979-84)
Sister Maris Mularkey died on Nov. 25, 2005, at Provena McAuley Manor in Aurora. She had been a Sister of Mercy for 71 years.
Sister Mularkey, a native of Chicago taught at St. Paul of the Cross, Park Ridge; Resurrection; St. Lucy; St. Xavier Academy; St. Mary, Lake Forest; Queen of Martyrs; St. Raymond, Mt. Prospect; Mary, Seat of Wisdom, Park Ridge; St. Catherine of Genoa; St. Rose of Lima; and St. Monica. She also worked as a volunteer at Mother McAuley High School in Chicago.
Most recently Sister Maris resided at Mercy Convent in Chicago.
Father Jeffry Fairfield
Teacher, chaplain
Father Jeffry Leonard Fairfield, O.Carm., died Nov. 28 at the St. John of God Retirement Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 84.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Shrine of St. Therese in Darien, Illinois in February, 2006.
He attended St. Felicitas Grade School on Chicago’s South Side and entered the Carmelites at Mount Carmel Preparatory Seminary in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He made his simple profession of vows at the Carmelite Novitiate house in New Baltimore, Pa., Aug. 15, 1940, and his solemn vows at Whitefriars Hall in Washington D.C., Aug. 15, 1943.
Father Fairfield attended Mount Carmel College in Niagara Falls, Ontario where he received his bachelors in philosophy. In 1949, he received a Masters’ degree in English Literature at the Catholic University of America. He was ordained a priest on June 8, 1946, in Chicago. After ordination, Father Fairfield taught at the Carmelite Junior Seminary, in Hamilton, Mass., for a total of ten years between 1947 and 1962. In addition, he worked as a Carmelite missionary in Lima, Peru, and served in parishes in Texas, Florida and Illinois. He was also chaplain at two hospitals in New York.
