Deacon J. Brendan Foley, 85, died Nov. 8 at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. He was ordained in 1989 and served at Our Lady of the Wayside Parish in Arlington Heights.

Born in New Jersey, Deacon Foley served in the Army during the Korean War, graduated from Seton Hall University and was a sales representative for the DuPont and Day-Glo companies.

His greatest enjoyment for the last 30 years was decorating his yard for Halloween.

He is survived by his children Elizabeth Foley-Roland and Brendan “BJ” Foley and his brothers Quentin and Brian Foley.

Father Patrick Cecil, 64, died Nov. 14 at Skokie Hospital. Father Cecil was pastor of St. Mary of the Woods Parish.

Father Pat, as he was known, was born in Chicago and attended St. John Brebeuf School in Niles and St. Joseph School in Elgin, Illinois, before entering Quigley Preparatory Seminary, and later Niles College Seminary at Loyola University Chicago, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in theater. He graduated from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary and was ordained in 1978.

He served as associate pastor of St. Angela (1978-1984); St. Zachary, Des Plaines (1984-1991); and St. Mary, Buffalo Grove (1992-1996). He was pastor of St. Patrick, Wadsworth (1996-2010) before being named pastor of St. Mary of the Woods.

Father Cecil was a dean in Vicariates I and II and a member of the archdiocesan Priests’ Placement Board.

Father Cecil is survived by his brothers Jim and Bill, and his sisters Janice and Diane.

Adrian Dominican Sister Renee (Lois Janette, Januaria) Richie, 82, died Sept. 23 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Born in Detroit, she was in the 63rd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Renee ministered in Illinois for 30 years. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Carthage (1954-1961); Queen of Apostles, River dale (1965-1966); St. Denis (1966-1969); and St. Joseph, Homewood (1969-1970). She was principal at St. Clare of Montefalco (1970-1975) and St. James, Maywood (1980-1989) and she was a pastoral minister at St. Agatha (1975-1980).

She is survived by a brother, Owen Richie.

Felician Sister Mary Martin (Theodosia) Kilianski, 85, died Sept. 23 in Our Lady of the Angels Convent.

Born in Poland, she later relocated to Chicago where she entered the Felician Sisters postulancy in 1950 and professed her final vows in 1958. She ministered in elementary schools as a teacher in Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin. She also ministered at St. Andrew Life Center in Niles, as well as in France and Rome.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. Andrew Life Center, Niles (1952-1955, 1972-1976, 1987-2006), Holy Innocents (1955-1957), St. Helen (1957- 1958), SS. Peter and Paul (1960-1961), St. Bruno (1961-1963), St. Turibius (1963- 1966) and the cardinal’s residence (1984- 1986).

Divine Word Brother James Mullen, 80, a jack-of-all trades and lifelong learner, died Sept. 5 in Techny.

Born in Pennsylvania, he entered Divine Word seminary in 1950 and later transferred to the Divine Word Brother Candidate School. He professed religious vows in 1956.

He ministered in New York, in Papua New Guinea and for 14 years in Italy, working as a draftsman in the Divine Word Architectural Department at the society’s worldwide headquarters.

Based in New Jersey for the past 25 years, Brother Jim was known among immigrants and the marginalized in Trenton for his work with Catholic Charities, Martin House Learning Center and the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). He retired to Techny earlier this year.

He is survived by his siblings Maureen Mullen, Meg Kessler, Kathy Niemic and Gerard Mullen.

Adrian Dominican Sister Rosemary (James Maureen) Conlon, 90, died June 15 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Chicago, she graduated from Mercy High School before entering religious life. She was in the 71st year of her religious profession.

She ministered in education and as a hospital chaplain and pastoral associate in Michigan, Illinois and Florida.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Rosemary was a reading consultant for the Chicago School Board (1959-1963); a teacher at Santa Maria del Popolo, Mundelein (1963-1964); St. Nicholas of Tolentine (1964-1968); and Our Lady of Loretto, Hometown (1968-1970); a language arts consultant at the Chicago School Board (1970-1974); a chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital (1984-1988); and a pastoral associate at St. Mary, Evanston (1988-1994).

Deacon Sabino Sanchez, 64, died Oct. 24. He as ordained in 1997 and served at St. Francis of Assisi Parish (Roosevelt Road).

Born in Mexico, Deacon Sanchez had lived in Chicago since 1980. He had been disabled and unable to work, but he liked being a deacon “because he liked helping people. Any time of the day or night, if someone called an needed help, he would go,” said his daughter, Lizet Arredondo.

He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Marina, and daughters Lizet, Jenny and Lisma.

Deacon Terry Albano, 62, died Oct. 13. He was ordained in 1999 and served at Our Lady of the Ridge Parish.

In addition to serving as deacon, he was the troop chaplain for Chicago Ridge Boy Scout Troop 665.

He is survived by his wife, Helene; children David, Christopher, Peter, Matthew and Mary Albano, and five grandchildren. He is also survived by brothers Anthony and Thomas Albano.

Mercy Sister Benedicta McCorry, 98, died Sept. 21 at Mercy Circle.

She was born in Milwaukee and she entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1936.

Sister Benedicta spent 21 years as an educator and an administrator at Catholic schools in Chicago and Milwaukee. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Justin Martyr (1939) and St. Joachim (1939-1941) and then was principal at St. Finbarr (1953-1957) and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (1957-1960).

She then served on the Provincial Council of Sisters of Mercy Chicago Province for 16 years, from 1960 to 1970, and again from 1973 to 1979 serving as Provincial Secretary.

She then served as director of the Carmel Prayer Center in Chicago (1979-1993).

She is survived by her siblings, Mercy Sister Aquinice McCorry, Teresa Jonas, Daniel McCorry and Mary Mullins.

Sister of St. Joseph Agnes Therese Zaroski, 85, died Sept. 19.

She was in her 64th year of religious life.

Sister Agnes taught at St. John Fisher and St. Hugh, Lyons, and was principal at St. Francis Xavier, LaGrange. She was religious education coordinator at Divine Infant, Westchester, and St. Thomas of Villanova, Palatine.

She is survived by her siblings, Roland Zaroski, and her sisters Jeanette Courtis and Florence Bettis.

Adrian Dominican Sister Janet Michael (Peggy Joan) Hudspeth, 84, died Sept. 18 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Petersburg, Illinois, she was in the 65th year of her religious life.

Sister Janet Michael ministered in Michigan, Illinois and Iowa in education, hospital chaplaincy and administration.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Albert, Burbank (1963-1965).

Sister Janet Michael is survived by a sister and brother, Janet and David Hudspeth.

Sister of the Resurrection Mary Paul (Therese) Schultz, 88, died Sept. 13.

Born in Minnesota, she entered the Sisters of the Resurrection in 1946.

Sister M. Paul was an emergency room nurse, director of nursing associate administrator and mission representative at Resurrection Medical Center.

She helped create Resurrection Retirement Community and served as its executive director for 21 years, and she served as the local superior for the Sisters of the Resurrection for almost 16 years.

She is survived by her brothers Raphael and Jim, and her sisters Margaret and Resurrection Sister Maria Schultz.

Felician Sister Mary Gloriette (Stella) Kawalko, 95, died Sept. 7 In Our Lady of the Angels.

Born in Chicago, she attended Good Counsel High School, entered the Felician Sisters postulancy in 1939 and professed final vows in 1947.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. Helen (1941-1942, 1960-1961); St. Joseph (1942-1960, 1964-1965, 1990-2000); St. Linus, Oak Lawn; (1961- 1963); St. Wenceslaus (1965-1979), and St. Hubert, Hoffman Estates (1979-1990).

Adrian Dominican Sister Virginia Therese (Eleanor) Conway, 90, died Sept. 10 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Chicago, she graduated from Aquinas High School and she was in her 69th year of religious life.

In the archdiocese, she taught at St. Columbanus (1948-1952), did social service (1952- 1955) and social work (1966-1967) at St. Matthew, assisted at Aquinas High School (1955-1957, 1967- 1970); did substance abuse ministry at Catholic Charities (1970- 1971); was a doctor’s assistant at the BVM Scholasticate (1971-1972); was a receptionist at Wright Hall (1972-1973); was chaplain at St. Francis Hospital, Blue Island (1976- 2003) and was a patient liaison at Oak Tree Health Care, Oak Forest (2003-2005).

Adrian Dominican Sister Patricia (Leo Ann) Dillon, 88, died Sept. 6 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Michigan, she was in her 70th year of religious life.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught for five years at Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette.

BVM Sister Jane (Bonaventure) Mc- Donnell, 95, died Aug. 30 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Born in Iowa, she entered the BVM congregation in 1943 and professed final vows in 1951.

Sister Jane taught at The Immaculata and served as coordinator for an ecumenical peace and justice organization.

She also ministered in Iowa, California and North Dakota.

Adrian Dominican Sister Audrey (Raymond Clare) Hull, 93, died Aug. 28 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Miami, she was in the 68th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

She spent 27 years ministering in education in Oak Park as well as in Michigan, Florida and Guayama, Puerto Rico.

Mercy Sister Maureen Scott, 74, died Aug. 24.

She attended St. Clotilde School and Mercy High School before entering the Sisters of Mercy in 1959. She professed final vows in 1967.

She taught at St. Joseph, Libertyville; St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Ethelreda and Siena High School.

After earning a doctorate in social psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, she taught and was an administrator at Barat College, Lake Forest (1975-1984) at Saint Xavier College (1984-1994) and DePaul University (1996-2012), where she was visiting professor and assistant director of the graduate School of Public Services.

Sister Ann Kevin (Theresa Ann) O’Connor, 91, died Aug. 24 in St. Mary-of-the- Woods, Indiana.

Born in Summit, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1943 and professed final vows in 1951. She ministered in education and as clerk and in record-keeping.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Genevieve (1955- 1960); Maternity BVM, (1964-1966); and Trinity High School, River Forest (1991-1994).

She is survived by a brother, Maurice.

Divine Word Father August “Gus” Langenkamp, 87, died Aug. 23 in Techny.

Born in Ohio, he professed vows in 1949 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957.

He was one of the first Divine Word missionaries to work in Ecuador, starting in the Diocese of Guaranda, where he was one of 14 priests ministering to 130,000 Catholics in a 1,200- square-mile area.

He is survived by his brother, Father Arnold Lang.

Deacon Norbert Lesnieski, 88, of Lemont, died Sept. 23. He was ordained in 1972 as a member of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s fist class of permanent deacons, and he served at SS. Cyril & Methodius Parish for 44 years.

Deacon Lesnieski was founder and bandleader of “The Mello- Tones,” and he was the band’s lead vocalist and saxophone player. He was a co-founder of the Lemont Park District and served as president of the Lemont Park District Board for over 35 years, and he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was also an active member of the Jaycees.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Jerri; his children James Lesnieski and Suzette Sniegowski; grandchildren Anne Becker, Christina Strehlau, Michael Lesnieski, Josh Sniegowski and Aubrey Sands; and three great-grandchildren.

Deacon Michael Romano, 100, died Sept. 16 at Resurrection Hospital. He was ordained a deacon in 1974.

He served at St. Genevieve Parish for about 15 years. From the late 1980s until his retirement in 2013, he served as a minister in several hospitals. His most recent assignment was to St. Joseph Hospital.

He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Lois, and his sister, Phyllis Romano.

Deacon Roberto Rivas, 57, died Sept. 11.

Deacon Rivas was ordained in 1994 and served at Blessed Sacrament Parish. In 2000, he and his wife, Ana, started Camino y Esperanza, a pastoral ministry for marriages and families.

He is survived by his wife and children, Roberto Jr., Jessica Eileen and Ricardo Rivas.

Divine Word Father Donald Ehr, 87, a beloved parish priest in African-American parishes in Chicago, died Aug. 19 in Techny.

Born in Iowa, he entered the Divine Word high school seminary in East Troy, Wisconsin in 1943 at age 14. He professed religious vows in 1948 and was ordained in 1955. He was sent to Rome to complete a doctorate in systematic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. When he returned to the United States in 1960, he served as professor of dogma at St. Mary Seminary in Techny.

In 1968, he was elected provincial superior of the Society of the Divine Word’s Eastern Province and served three three-year terms. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Father Ehr was rector of Divine Word Seminary in Washington, D.C. and Bordentown, N.J., while also working as a hospital chaplain.

He was named pastor of Chicago’s St. Elizabeth Parish in 1984 and remained until 2000. He then was a priest-in-residence at St. Anselm Parish until the week before he died.

He is survived by three brothers, Ronald, Irvin and Francis Ehr, and two sisters, Mary Vogel and Marlene Chaudoir.

BVM Sister Mary Jamesita Keller, 80, died Aug. 15 in Dubuque, Iowa.

Born in Joliet, Illinois, she entered the BVM congregation in 1954 and professed first vows in 1961.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Mary Jamesita taught elementary school at St. Thomas of Canterbury, St. Eugene and St. Joseph, Round Lake.

She is survived by a brother, James Keller.

Sister of the Living Word Laurita (Virginia) Saunders, 96, died Aug. 9 at Presence Resurrection Life Center in Chicago.

Born in Massachusetts, she moved to Chicago with her family. She graduated from Wilmette Mallinckrodt High School in 1939 and joined the Sisters of Christian Charity. She made her final vows in 1948.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Laurita taught at St. Raphael (1954-1959) and St. Theresa, Palatine (1968-1975).

After 27 years as a Sister of Christian Charity, Sister Laurita joined 89 other sisters to form the new Sisters of the Living Word. She served as director of religious education and adult education at Sacred Heart, Palos Hills (1975-1976); St. Ita (1976-1978) and St. Joseph the Worker, Wheeling (1978-1983). She then ministered at St. Mary, Evanston (1984-1986) and taught math at Pope John XXIII School, Evanston (1986-1987).

In 1988, she started her ministry as hospitality coordinator at the Living Word Center in Arlington Heights.

Divine Word Father Patrick Fincutter, 88, a longtime missionary in Papua New Guinea, died in Techny July 19.

Over the course of 40 years, Father Fincutter served the people of the world’s second largest island nation as priest, pilot, mechanic and professional communicator.

Born in Libertyville, Father Fincutter said he knew from the time he was a child that he wanted to be a pilot and a priest. Eventually, he chose the priesthood and only later learned that the Divine Word Missionaries relied on air travel in New Guinea and had founded a transportation hub called Wirui Air Services.

He professed vows at Techny in 1948 and in 1955 was ordained to the priesthood.

In 1961, he fulfilled his lifelong dream. For nine years, he flew Cessna 180s and Dornier Do 27s as a mission pilot, fulfilling assignments that included medical emergency flights and supply deliveries.

In 2001, he returned to the United States. He moved to Techny in 2013.

He is survived by two brothers, Robert Fincutter and Divine Word Father John Fincutter, SVD.

Deacon William J. Reinert, 82, died Aug. 27 at Lutheran Home & Services, Arlington Heights. He was 82 years old and had served at St. Raymond Parish, Mount Prospect, and St. James Parish, Arlington Heights.

Born in Chicago, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1957. He worked for with Northshore and WE Energies before spending 37 years at Peoples Gas.

Deacon Reinert was a 4th Degree member and Past Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus, Holy Rosary Council #4483 and the Elizabeth Ann Seton Assembly.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joan; his children William Reinert, Patricia Julian and Robert Reinert; his grandchildren Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth and Alyssa; and his brother, John Reinert.

Holy Cross Father Edwin J. Kadzielawski, 94, died April 27 in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Father Kadzielawski was in Chicago and graduated Holy Trinity High School before being received into the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1941. He made his final profession of vows in 1945 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1949.

He served in parishes and schools in Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas.

In the archdiocese, he assisted at Holy Trinity Church from 1954 to 1956.

He is survived by his brother, Leonard.

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Diona McNichols, 86, died Aug. 17 in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.

A Chicago native, Sister Diona made her first religious profession in 1956 and her final profession in 1959. She taught for 29 years and served as associate academic dean for 11 years and administrative assistant for eight years. Sister Diona served in Montana, Wisconsin and Illinois.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Diona served at Rosary College, now Dominican University, River Forest, as home economics teacher, 1965-1968, 1980-1991 and 1994-2000; associate academic dean, 1968-1979, when she also served as director of the summer school; and administrative assistant to the chancellor, 1991- 1994. She also ministered as receptionist at St. Luke Parish, River Forest, 2000-2005.

She is survived by a brother, William “Bill” McNichols.