Obituaries

Sister of Mercy Patricia L. Forret chose LOVE as a motto. She wore the word on her ring and lived it through more than 65 years of religious life, modeling… Read More

Redemptorist Father Richard “Dick” Quinn served unwaveringly and enthusiastically as a parish priest and as an Army and police chaplain. His more than six decades of priestly service included two… Read More

In his life as a priest, Father James Buckley preached and taught, administered sacraments, led parishes and schools, advised on boards and committees, founded a group for men, and became… Read More

Jesuit Father Theodore M. Kalamaja left a lasting impression on his students at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, so much, in fact, that in 2020 a former student donated a… Read More

Father Michael Peltzer was born in Omaha and for more than 40 years served the Diocese of Wichita, building up parishes, writing about diocese history, helping with the consolidation of… Read More

The life of Sister Barbara Siderewicz of the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help has been compared to a beloved Gospel reading for Easter, about the two disciples… Read More

Sister of Mercy Patricia Guziec chose to “Serve with Love.” That was her motto as a religious sister and one she lived out as an educator, administrator, communicator, care coordinator… Read More

“Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you are. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” Deacon George E. Elster embraced those words during… Read More

Sister Janice Mengenhauser, who spent 20 years serving families in the Archdiocese of Omaha, is remembered by her fellow Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a loving, compassionate… Read More

In her more than 80 years with the Sisters of Mercy, Sister Madeleva Comiskey took on many roles, including home economics instructor and department head at the College of Saint… Read More

Father Ramon “Ray” Dompke, a Redemptorist priest from Chicago who served at Holy Name Parish in Omaha in the mid-1970s, died Jan. 7 at the rectory of St. Michael Parish… Read More

Deacon Franklin “Frank” Mascarello was the kind of deacon other deacons strive to be. “He was a mentor to me,” said Deacon Brian Thomas, who serves at St. Columbkille Parish… Read More