Deacon James Eugene Carroll, 88, died May 7. He was ordained in 2002 and served at Holy Cross, Deerfield, before moving to Iowa, where he ministered at the Church of the Nativity in Dubuque.

Deacon Carroll grew up in Philadelphia and attended Villanova University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958, then began a career in sales with Chesebrough Ponds, which eventually brought him to Chicago.

He married the late Janis Lee Opperman in 1961 and they raised four children together. After retiring, he was ordained a deacon and ministered to people with addiction, who were imprisoned and who had fallen away from the church.

He is survived by his children Jim Carroll, Joe Carroll, Mary Ellen Carroll and Shannon Krause; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and his brother, Charlie Carroll.

Deacon Joseph Truesdale, 78, died May 18. He was ordained in 2003 and served at St. George Parish, Tinley Park.

A U.S. Army veteran, Deacon Truesdale is survived by his wife, Mary; three children; eight grandchildren; and siblings Marion McGrane, Arthur Truesdale; Dorie Compton; Ernest Truesdale, Bill Truesdale and George Truesdale.

Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary (Margaret Michele) Motz, 89, died Jan. 18 in Cincinnati.

Born in Cincinnati, Sister Mary taught for 10 years in parish schools before attending a Montessori training course in 1962. During her 47-year Montessori career, she served as administrator of Montessori schools, developed and directed Montessori teacher training programs and started new Montessori programs.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she was a coordinator and teacher at the Midwest Teacher Training Center in Evanston (1967-2010) while also working at other Midwestern schools.

Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Marianne (Robert Mary) Bobowski, 84, died Dec. 5, 2021, in Cincinnati.

A native of Chicago, Sister Marianne attended St. Helen School and Notre Dame High School for Girls. She began 43 years of teaching in 1957 and taught every grade from one through six. She also took additional courses in guidance and counseling. She taught at parish schools across Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan.

In 2000, Sister Marianne retired from formal education and received her certification/license as a massage therapist.

Sister of St. Casimir Marilyn Kuzmickus, 83, died April 30 in Lemont.

Born in Waukegan, Sister Marilyn attended St. Bartholomew School there. She made her first profession of vows in 1957 and her final profession in 1962.

Sister Marilyn ministered in the Archdiocese of Chicago for 50 years. She taught at St. George (31st Street, 1957-1959), Immaculate Conception (44th Street, 1959-1966), Sts. Peter and Paul (1966-1967), Providence of God (1967-1968) and Maria High School (1977-1978).

Sister Marilyn served the community as formation directress from 1971 to 1978. She then served in congregational leadership positions from 1978 to 1998, first as assistant general superior and then as general superior. In these roles, Sister Marilyn participated in the national Leadership Conference of Women Religious and regionally with formation directresses of both women’s and men’s communities in Illinois.

She was also a member of the Women Religious Executive Committee, initiated by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin to promote dialogue among women religious in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

During her time as assistant general superior, Sister Marilyn worked on the beatification cause of Mother Maria Kaupas, gathering historical material and testimonies as part of this work. As the cause progressed, she became the postulator.

From 2014 until her death Sister Marilyn provided the ministry of prayer and presence at Franciscan Village in Lemont.

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Marie (Dominice) Condon, 92, died May 1 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

Born in Chicago, Sister Marie made her first religious profession in 1949 and her perpetual profession in 1952. She was a teacher, principal and tutor, and served as a pastoral minister, director of religious education, Catholic Charities staff member and assistant prioress at the Sinsinawa motherhouse.

She ministered in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Florida.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Marie taught at Visitation Grade School (1978-1983) and St. Cajetan (1983-1986). She served at Visitation Parish as parish staff (1978-1983) and on the pastoral team (1986-1991), and then as pastoral minister at St. Basil-Visitation Parish (1991-1992). Sister Marie was a tutor at Marillac House (2004-2005) and the Learning Center (2005-2012).

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Catherine (Anne Mary) Cox, 80, died May 15 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

Born in Wisconsin, Sister Catherine made her first religious profession in 1961 and her perpetual profession in 1966. She was a teacher, principal, counselor, resource learning center supervisor, assistant superintendent and teacher personnel supervisor in Illinois, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Catherine taught at St. Thomas More (1963-1968); St. Luke, River Forest (1976-1986); and St. Barnabas (1991-1993). She served as counselor and supervisor of the Resource Learning Center at St. Thomas More (1972-1976); principal of St. Zachary, Des Plaines (1986-1990), and St. Hugh, Lyons (1990-1991); and adjunct teacher at Dominican University, River Forest (1991-1992).

She is survived by a sister, Carol McPheeters.

Father Michael A. Wulsch, 76, died April 27. He was the former pastor of three parishes.

Born in Chicago, he attended St. Anthony of Padua School, De LaSalle Institute and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1972.

Father Wulsch was assistant pastor of Our Lady of the Ridge, Chicago Ridge, and associate pastor of St. Frances of Rome, Cicero. He was pastor of St. Veronica, St. Monica and St. Peter, Skokie. He retired in 2018.

Msgr. Patrick Pollard, retired archdiocesan priest, remembered the “incredibly engaging personality” of his classmate. “Mike was able to listen to people with patience, understanding and a smile,” Pollard said.

Father Robert L. Ebrom, 76, died May 1. He was a former faculty member at St. Patrick High School.

Born in Chicago, Father Ebrom attended Queen of All Saints School, Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1971. Father Ebrom was assistant pastor of St. Cletus, La Grange, and associate pastor of St. Maurice Parish, All Saints-St. Anthony and St. Luke, River Forest.

He was also a faculty member at Quigley Preparatory Seminary, St. Rita of Cascia High School, St. Patrick High School and Fenwick High School, Oak Park.

“He was a wonderful brother, and a very bright and well-read priest,” said Father Joseph Mulcrone, director of the Chicago Catholic Office of the Deaf. “Although his health declined, he made praying for others his ministry,” said Mulcrone, who remembered his classmate as a good teacher who loved teaching young people.

Deacon August “Sonny” Annoreno, 79, died April 29. He was ordained in 2006 and served at Our Lady, Mother of the Church.

He was also an active volunteer with the St. Jude Police League, conducting prayer services at wakes and visitations for members of the Chicago Police Department and their families.

Deacon Annoreno is survived his wife, Barbara, and his sister, Josephine Zima.

Divine Word Brother Joachim (Marion) Brignac, 88, died March 29. He was one of the Society of the Divine Word’s first missionaries of Cajun descent.

Born in New Orleans, Brother Joachim was inspired to a life of service by his mother, a public health nurse. After high school, he worked as an adagio dancer, but that career was cut short by a motorcycle accident. He entered the Society of the Divine Word in 1953 and professed vows six years later.

He served as a maintenance engineer in Louisiana for 14 years before being assigned to the Chicago Province in 1979, where he maintained the buildings and property at the Divine World Theologate in Chicago and the Divine Word residence in Bordentown, New Jersey.

One of his lasting accomplishments is the stage in the gym at Elizabeth School in Bronzeville. The project took him four weeks to build and gave countless numbers of students and teachers satisfaction.

In 2003, he was reassigned to the Southern Province and moved to Bay St. Louis, but in 2005, Hurricane Katrina damaged the Divine Word properties in Bay St. Louis and retired residents, including Brother Joachim, were sent to Techny.

Providence Sister Marceline (Elizabeth) Mattingly, 106, died April 24 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Born in Kentucky, Sister Marceline entered the Sisters of Providence in 1933 and professed final vows in 1941. She was a teacher, pastoral associate and activity director at the motherhouse, and she served Indiana, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette (1935-1938); St. Genevieve (1946-1948); St. Andrew (1948-1949), St. Leo (1949-1953); Providence High School (1955-1956). 

Sister Marceline is survived by a brother, Jerry Mattingly.

Providence Sister Joan (Ignatius) Matthews, 93, died April 25 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

Born in Ohio, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1947 and professed final vows on in 1955. She taught music in elementary and high schools in Illinois; Indiana; Maryland; Washington, D.C.; California; and Massachusetts, and she taught music to children with special needs. In 2003, Sister Joan returned to the motherhouse and offered music opportunities to the sisters, with a specialty of sing-alongs. 

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Mel (1950-1952); St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette (1955); and Immaculate Conception (Talcott Avenue, 1955-1959).

Redemptorist Brother Thomas Wright, 76, died April 25 in California. He served as treasurer of both Liguori Publications and the Redemptorists’ Denver Province. He was known for his financial expertise and strict adherence to proper protocols. He served his confreres with efficiency and generosity for 51 years.

Born in Chicago, he attended St. Michael School (Cleveland Avenue). As a young man, he worked as an assistant to Brother Columban at the parish and was inspired to enter the Redemptorist Brothers School at Pine City. He was assigned to assist in the kitchen. He became an accomplished cook, much to the delight of his confreres.

He professed initial vows in 1966 and perpetual vows in 1971, when he began his lengthy ministry in the financial arena.

He ministered in Chicago, Wisconsin, New York and Missouri, where he was treasurer of Liguori Publications at Liguori Mission House from 1984 until 1995. He was appointed assistant treasurer of the former St. Louis Province in Glenview in 1995. When the Denver Province was formed in 1996, he remained in the Office of Financial Services and relocated to Denver, where he was named administrator of the local community. He was appointed treasurer of the Denver Province in 2002, a position he retained until 2007.

Adrian Dominican Sister Cyrilla (Mary Eileen) Zarek, 93, died April 27 in Adrian, Michigan. 

Born in Chicago, she graduated from Sts. Peter and Paul High School. She was in the 75th year of her religious profession: over 22 years in the Nashville Dominican Congregation and in her 51st year with the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Cyrilla ministered in education, as a nursing assistant, pastoral associate, director of pastoral education, pastoral minister/theology reflector, hospital chaplain and director of pastoral care in Tennessee, Illinois, Virginia and Michigan.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at Infant Jesus of Prague, Flossmoor (1970-1972); was a nurse aide at Applewood Nursing Home, Matteson (1971-1972); was a pastoral associate (1973-1976) and director of pastoral education (1976-1978) at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center; was a pastoral associate at Nativity of Our Lord (1981-1983) and was a chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital (1997-1999) and Loyola Medical Center, Maywood (1999-2006, 2007-2011).

Father Paul F. Rosemeyer, 96, died April 20. He was pastor emeritus of St. Mary Parish, Des Plaines.

Born in La Grange, he attended St. Francis Xavier School in La Grange, Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1952.

He was assistant pastor of St. Columbanus Parish and pastor of St. Ambrose, St. Basil and St. Mary, Des Plaines, where he served for 15 years before he retired in 1996.

Msgr. Richard M. Zborowski met Father Rosemeyer at St. Therese Catholic Church in Palatine 20 years ago. When Rosemeyer’s health started to decline, Zborowski took care of him. “He was like my father,” said Zborowski as he remembered his friend, a man of few words nonetheless very holy and well educated. “He was an excellent priest,” added Zborowski.

Deacon Charles W. Tipperreiter, 79, died April 25. He was ordained in 1992 and served at St. Fabian in Bridgeview.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Janet; his daughter, Debbie Kandefer; three grandchildren; and his brother, Bill Tipperreiter.

School Sister of St. Francis Ruth Marie (M. Seraphica) Holzhauer, 100, died March 23 in Milwaukee.

Born in Milwaukee, she was received into the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1938 and made her final vows in 1946.

Beginning in 1942, Sister Ruth Marie ministered in Illinois, New York and Wisconsin for more than eight decades.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Philomena School (1942-1948), and at Alvernia High School (1948-1951).

In her retirement, Sister Ruth Marie served as a driver at St. Joseph Convent Motherhouse in Milwaukee (1997-2003). She served in the ministry of prayer and presence at St. Joseph Convent (2003-2007) and at Sacred Heart from 2007 until the time of her death. 

Sister Ruth Marie is survived by two brothers, Charles and Ronald Holzhauer, and her sister, Rosemary Ries.

Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Suzanne Schuman, 92, died March 23 in Footville, Wisconsin.

Born in Chicago, Sister Suzanne made her first religious profession in 1950 and her perpetual profession in 1953. She was a teacher and principal and she served in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Alabama, California, Iowa and Illinois.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Suzanne taught at St. Barnabas (1983-2009), taught religious education at St. Barnabas Parish (2009-2018) and volunteered as a tutor at Visitation School (2009-2018).

She is survived by two sisters, Marian Mullen and Fran Clausius.

Sister of St. Casimir Regina Marie Dubickas, 75, died March 26.

Sister Regina was born in a refugee camp in Schleswig, Germany, after her parents left Lithuania. As a child, she immigrated to the U.S. with her family, who settled in East St. Louis. She made her first profession of vows in 1967 and her perpetual vows in 1972.

Sister Regina ministered in Illinois for 54 years as a teacher, director of formation, psychologist and congregational leader.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Regina taught at Immaculate Conception School (44th Street, 1967-1968), Nativity BVM School (1968-1970) and Providence of God School (1970-1973), and she was a guidance counselor at Maria High School (1978-1979). She was formation director for the community from 1978 to 1989. She ministered as a psychologist at Michael Reese Hospital, as well as in private practice, from 1994 to 2006.

In 1998, Sister Regina was elected to congregational leadership, where she served first as general councilor (1998-2003), then as assistant general superior (2003-2013), and, from 2013 until her death, as general superior.