Associate pastor

Father Kenneth F. Tabor, 55, associate pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Glenview and Our Lady of the Brook Parish in Northbrook, died April 27, at Resurrection Hospital in Chicago. He had been a resident at the Resurrection Life Center.

A native of Chicago who grew up on the city’s Northwest Side, Father Tabor graduated from Niles College, the college seminary now located at St. Joseph Seminary at Loyola University. He was ordained by Cardinal John Cody in 1975, following his graduation from the University of St. Mary of the Lake.

His first assignment was as associate pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Streamwood. He served there for five years, and then in the same capacity at Our Lady of Ransom in Niles for five years before being assigned as associate pastor of St. Dismas in Waukegan in 1981.

For five years beginning in 1984, Father Tabor served at St. Leonard Parish in Berwyn. In 1989, he was named associate pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glenview. From 1994 to 1998, Father Tabor was the associate pastor at Our Lady of the Brook in Northbrook.

Father Tabor suffered from complications from diabetes and was a resident of St. Benedict Home in Niles and then Resurrection Life Center since 1999.

Sr. Mary Petra Hart

teacher

Sister of Mercy Mary Petra Hart, 88, died April 22. A native of Rockford, she had been a Sister of Mercy for 68 years.

She served as a science teacher in Illinois. She ministered at St. Patrick Academy, Des Plaines; Mercy High School, Siena High School and Mother McAuley High School. At the time of her retirement in 1987, she was director of the School of Medical Technology at St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island.

Sr. Remy Schaul

Educator

Franciscan Sister Remy (Rita Ann) Schaul, 70, died April 22. One of six children, she was born in Peotone, Ill. She entered the Franciscan Congregation in 1951 from St. Juliana Parish and made her profession of vows in 1954.

She served in Minnesota until 1976. From 1976 until her death, she served at St. Juliana Parish, where she assumed duties as principal, resource teacher and parish minister. She is survived by three brothers and 17 nieces and nephews.

Fr. Juan Jose Huitrado

served Hispanic community

Father Juan Jose Huitrado, 50, a Mexican-born priest who became a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago after serving in a missionary order, died suddenly April 22. Father Huitrado, who was known for developing programs for Hispanic lay ministries, was on a break from studies in Mexico and was visiting Chicago at the time of his death.

Father Huitrado was instrumental in creating institutes of formation for Hispanic Catholics and for improving Hispanic ministry in Chicago. He was the associate director from 1985-1994 of the Instituto De Liderazgo Pastoral, which sponsors Hispanic programs for lay ministry and for the permanent diaconate. He was an advisor to the Oscar Romero Scholarship Fund that assists Hispanic leaders in church ministry earn master degrees at Catholic Theological Union (CTU). Father Huitrado was a part-time instructor in Hispanic Ministry at CTU and taught briefly at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein. He was also an advisor to the Office of Catechesis and is perhaps best known for developing programs and Hispanic leaders in this area of ministry.

A native of Zacatecas, Mexico, Father Huitrado was ordained in 1980 as a member of the Comboni Missionaries, a religious order of men who do mission work in Africa and the Americas. After ordination, he was made Vocation Director of the Comboni Missionaries in Chicago, a position he held for four years.

For six years, beginning in 1984, Father Huitrado was the administrator and then pastor of St. Vitus Parish, which is now closed. He was in residence for four years at Epiphany Parish on the city’s West Side beginning in 1990, and was associate pastor there from 1994 to 1996.

Father Huitrado served as pastor of St. Roman Parish, also on the West Side, from 1996 until the fall of 2000, when he began postgraduate studies at the Pontifical University in Mexico. He was still pursuing his studies there at the time of his death.

Father Huitrado is survived by his parents, Ventura and Agustina Huitrado, and eight siblings, all residing in Mexico.

Sr. Malvina Arcisauskas

Educator

Sister of St. Casimir Malvina Arcisauskas, 91, died April 22 after several months of illness. A Chicago native, she served as principal at St. Joseph School, South Chicago, 1969-63, and taught at Holy Cross, Chicago, 1970-79; and Nativity B.V.M, Chicago, 1985-98. She is survived by her sisters, Lucy Jones, and Sister of St. Casimir M. Vita, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Sr. M. Stella Simpson

Nurse, teacher

Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Stella Simpson, 93, died April 19. Born in Mt. Ida, Ark., she entered the Daughters of Charity Community in 1936.

For 31 years beginning in 1937, she was supervisor of maternity departments in health care facilities run by the Daughters of Charity. In Chicago, she served at St. Vincent Infant Home. She is survived by two nieces and several cousins.

Sr. M. Zoe Dieter

Teacher

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Mary Zoe Dieter, 91, died April 19. One of 12 children, she was born in Vail, Iowa. She made her first profession as a Sinsinawa Dominican in 1934, and her final profession in 1937.

She was an elementary and primary teacher for 34 years. She later served as pastoral minister and director of religious education.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Brendan School, Chicago, 1959-63, and served as both director of religious education and special education teacher at St. Thomas More Parish from 1971-75.

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