Father Edmund Francis Guz, 86, died March 2 at Presence Resurrection Medical Center. He was pastor emeritus of Mother of God Parish, Burnham, and was a resident of Presence St. Benedict Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Niles.

Born in Chicago, he attended St. Casimir School, Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1955.

Father Guz served as assistant pastor at St. Constance (1955-1961); Holy Innocents (1961-1963); St. Monica (1963); St. Agnes (39th Street and Washtenaw Avenue) (1963-1967); and St. Francis of Assisi (Kostner Avenue) (1967-1975), before serving as administrator of St. Francis of Assisi from 1975 to 1980.

He was as named pastor of Mother of God Parish in Burnham in 1980. Father Guz retired in 2008 and remained at Mother of God until 2014.

Father Guz is survived by a sister, Phyllis Kenyeri.