German-born Sacred Hearts Sister was a teacher and artist Sacred Hearts Sister Gertrude Maria Schroeder, a teacher and artist who entered the religious life in Hawaii and who also served in Germany, the country of her birth, died in Honolulu on March 11. She was 91. This year would have marked the 70th anniversary of […]
Obituary: Franciscan Sister Arlene Virlee taught at Cathedral School
Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Arlene Virlee, who once taught at Cathedral School in Honolulu, died on Jan. 8, after 70 years in religious life, at Holy Family Convent in Manitowoc, Wis. She was 83. Besides Cathedral School, Sister Arlene was also a teacher at a number of Wisconsin Catholic schools from Appleton to Green […]
Obituary: Isle-born educator Sister Marion Inouye a Franciscan for 64 years
Sister Marion lnouye, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities who spent most of her 64 years of religious life devoted to teaching in Catholic schools, died on Jan. 22 in Honolulu. She was 84. Sister Marion celebrated her 60th anniversary in the Franciscan community in 2009. On the occasion of her 50th […]
Obituary: ‘Nora’ Santos was a teacher, principal, associate school superintendent
Leonora “Nora” R. Santos, who served many years in Hawaii as a Catholic school teacher, principal and associate superintendent, died in Waialua on Jan. 27. She was 79. Her funeral is 10:30 a.m. Feb. 21 at Our Lady of the Mount Church in Kalihi. Viewing begins at 8:30 a.m. Burial will be at Valley of […]
OBITUARY: Father Cletus Mooya was a parish priest in Hawaii for seven years
Zambia-born Father Cletus Mooya, the parochial vicar of St. Michael Parish in Kailua-Kona, died at Queen’s Medical Center on Jan. 18. He had been a priest for the Diocese of Honolulu for seven years serving at several Oahu parishes. He was 40. His funeral vigil service was scheduled for Jan. 28 at the Co-Cathedral of […]
OBITUARY: Sister Mary Andrew Bomba, OSF
Inspired by a sermon about Father Damien, Texas-born Sister Mary Andrew Bomba joined the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse and fulfilled her wish to labor where the saint of Molokai labored. She died in Honolulu on Dec. 12 at the age of 92. She was in religious life 66 years. About her arrival in […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Sister Mary Elizabeth Driscoll, missioner for 70 years, taught in Hawaii
Maryknoll Sister Mary Elizabeth Driscoll, who taught in Catholic grade schools for a decade in post-war Hawaii, died peacefully on Oct. 2 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. She was 90. She had celebrated 70 years as a Maryknoll Sister on Sept. 7. Hawaii was Sister Mary Elizabeth’s first assignment as a Maryknoll […]
Obituary: Marianist Father Gerald Pleva served his last assignment at St. Anthony, Maui
Father Gerald (Jerry) Pleva, who served the last assignment of his long life as a Marianist brother and priest at St. Anthony Church on Maui, died Sept. 25, in San Antonio, Texas. He was 74 with 55 years of religious profession. Father Pleva was a teacher, counselor, campus minister and pastor. He held three master’s […]
Obituary: For 23 years, Jesuit Father Bernard Cassidy served Hawaii in hospital, hospice ministry
Jesuit Father Bernard F. Cassidy, who first worked in Hawaii as a young electrical engineer returning later as a priest to serve in hospital and hospice ministry for 23 years, died Sept. 15 in Regis Infirmary at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, Calif. A Jesuit since 1954, he celebrated his 50th anniversary […]
Obituary: Maryknoll Father Robert Donnelly worked nearly 40 years in Oahu, Big Island parishes
Maryknoll Father Robert W. Donnelly of Brooklyn, N.Y., who spent nearly half his life as a parish priest on the Big Island and Oahu, died Sept. 8 at Phelps Memorial Hospital in New York. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll missioner for 54 years. Father Donnelly was ordained on June 13, 1959. His […]