Obituaries

Mark Dahir, chief executive officer of the Heart Ministry Center, inspired others “to do the right thing.” Dahir died August 3 in Omaha. He was 48. “While Mark’s tragic passing… Read More

Deacon Patrick Gross of St. Mary Parish in Wayne had a lifelong passion for helping others, especially the elderly and the sick. Throughout his life, Deacon Gross, who was ordained… Read More

Abbot Theodore Wolff led the monks at Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey in Elkhorn from 1989 to 2007. But before and after those years, he served in many other ways during… Read More

For most of her 70 years of religious life, Sister of Mercy Rosemary Floersch was a teacher and tutor. She was passionate about teaching but went well beyond that when… Read More

Sister Andrea Polt of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters grew up on a farm near Pierce, Nebraska, and spent 56 years serving in Tanzania, East Africa. She died May 19 at… Read More

Decades of work as a nurse and counselor allowed Sister of Mercy Mary Clare Manhart to serve numerous people, to be the hands and heart of Jesus for them. “With… Read More

Father Jerome Spenner loved to introduce people to God, but he wasn’t satisfied with just an introduction. For Father Spenner, the goal was always a love affair with the Lord.… Read More

Sister M. Suzanne Vandenheede of the Servants of Mary had many loves, a longtime friend said. Sister Suzanne loved her family, her religious community, the educational opportunities she received –… Read More

Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer – a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa for 68 years – was a teacher and principal known for her sense of humor and love of her Irish… Read More

Sister Mary Lee Hansen, an Ursuline Sister of Louisville and Omaha native, was a teacher, communications director and administrative assistant throughout her more than 65 years of religious life. She… Read More

Father Hugh Schwartz, once the longest-serving priest in the Archdiocese of Omaha, died last week after a brief illness. He was just seven days shy of turning 93. A huge… Read More

Father Frank Parrinello had the right parents, personality, education and training to make him a one-of-a-kind counselor and priest.  His parents – Joseph Parrinello and his late wife, Carole, of… Read More