Deacon Timothy Donovan, 82, died Dec. 16, 2021, in Arizona. He was ordained in 1993 and served at Old St. Mary and Holy Rosary parishes.

Born in Chicago, he worked as an auditor for the federal government, according to his wife of 52 years, Noreen Donovan. Deacon Donovan loved to read and take walks near the couple’s retirement home in Arizona.

He entered diaconate formation when their children were in high school, and as a deacon, he especially liked doing marriage preparation for couples in which one of the partners was not Catholic.

“A couple of years later they’d be back for baptism preparation, and they would ask for him,” Noreen Donovan said.

Deacon Donovan is survived by his wife, his children Tim and Sharyn, and four grandchildren.