Isle priest, respected veteran of parish, diocesan, religious life Msgr. Alan A. Nagai, an island priest for 56 years who served in 10 parishes and several high diocesan positions, died June 18 at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu after a brief illness. He was 81. He was retired and living in Honolulu. A vigil of […]
Obituary: Sister Aurelia Sanchez, O.P. | 1942-2014
Dominican Sister, a fragrant rose, served 45 years in Hawaii Sister Aurelia Sanchez, whose life was like the roses she cultivated, was the director of Rosary Preschool in Waipio Gentry and a member of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines. She died June 25 at Little Company of Mary Medical […]
Obituary: Father Robert P. Guerrero | 1959-2014
California priest, first ordained for Hawaii, served here 4 years Father Robert P. Guerrero, a priest of the Diocese of San Bernardino who had served four years in Hawaii as a newly ordained priest, died May 5 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Ontario, Calif. He was 54. Hawaii Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario ordained the California […]
Obituary: Sister of St. Francis Laurenza Fernandez | 1923-2014
Maui-born teacher and nurse served in Hawaii, New York, California, Rome Sister M. Laurenza Fernandez’ 67 years as a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities took her from the small Maui plantation town of Puukolii, near Lahaina, to assignments across Hawaii and to New York, California and Rome. She died April 28 at […]
Obituary: Sister Jeanne Cordeiro | 1919-2014
Sacred Hearts Sister was a teacher by profession, with a love for woodworking Sister Jeanne Cordeiro, a Maui-born Sister of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary whose long teaching career was augmented by her love of woodworking and driving, died on March 20 in Honolulu, 11 days after suffering from a brain hemorrhage. She […]
Obituary: Edward Vargas | 1948-2014
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 […]