Deacon for 13 years, port chaplain, served at St. Jude, Kapolei Deacon and diocesan port chaplain Edward Vargas, who served at St. Jude Parish in Kapolei, died March 16 at Kaiser Medical Center in Honolulu. He was 65 and a deacon for 13 years. His neighbor and friend of 20 years, Deacon John Coughlin, remembered […]
Obituary: Nettie Lou Kaleimomi Naula Peiler | 1947-2014
Diocesan secretary managed church records and statistics Nettie Lou Kaleimomi Naula Peiler, the recently retired secretary for the diocese’s Chancellor’s Office at St. Stephen Diocesan Center who handled church records and statistics among other duties, died on March 9 in Kaneohe. She was 66. Her funeral is March 31 at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. […]
Obituary: Sister Gertrude Maria Schroeder | 1923-2014
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 […]