Fr. Cyril “Cy” Otto Weisensel entered eternal life on October 26, 2022, at the age of 81 years, at Sunset Ridge Memory Care in Jefferson.
Category: Clergy obituaries
Fr. Jim McEnery dies
Fr. Jim McEnery died on May 5, 2022, at the age of 95, at the Agrace Don and Marilyn Anderson Hospice Facility in Fitchburg, Wis.
Fr. Stephen Umhoefer dies
Reverend Father Stephen James Umhoefer entered eternal life on December 2, 2021, at the age of 81, at All Saints Retirement Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Msgr. Ken Fiedler dies
Msgr. Ken Fiedler has died. Monsignor Fiedler, most recently pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Madison, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Fr. Laverne Meier dies
Fr. Laverne Meier died August 7, 2021, at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.
Fr. Francis Steffen dies
Reverend Father Francis Jerome Steffen entered eternal life on December 28, 2020 at the age of 89, at Edenbrook Nursing Home in Platteville, Wisconsin. He was born on November 18, 1931 in Platteville, Wisconsin, and is predeceased by his parents, Frank and Florence (Klar) Steffen, by his sister, Rosemary (Elmer) Digman, and his step-mother, Clara Steffen (Bussan, Tesmer).
After attending Sunnydale Rural Grade School in Belmont Township, and then St. Mary Parish Grade School, Platteville, Fr. Steffen attended Loras High School in Dubuque, Iowa. He completed his collegiate studies at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy in 1953. He attended St. Francis Major Seminary, Saint Francis, Wisconsin, for theological studies. After ordination, he subsequently earned a Master of Arts in Library Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fr. Steffen was ordained to the sacred priesthood by The Most Reverend William P. O’Connor, Bishop of Madison, on May 25, 1957 at St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison.
Msgr. Michael Burke dies
The Reverend Monsignor Michael Laurence Burke entered eternal life on September 19, 2020 at the age of 72, at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. He was born on March 11, 1948 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, the oldest of eight siblings, and is predeceased by his parents, Laurence and Claribel (Gough) Burke, and by his sister, Maggie.
Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. O. Charles Schluter
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 304 East St. in Baraboo, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 at 11 a.m. for Msgr. Orra Charles Schluter who died on February 16, 2020 at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee at the age of 75.
Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison will celebrate the Holy Mass, with Msgr. Daniel T. Ganshert as homilist. Visitation at St. Joseph Catholic Church will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 from 4 to 7 p.m., and on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 from 9 a.m. until the start of the Holy Mass. Burial will take place at St. Joseph Parish Cemetery, Baraboo. A funeral luncheon will take place in the parish school gymnasium after the Funeral Mass.
Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Jack Fernan
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Bernard Church in Madison, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, at 12:30 p.m. for Deacon John (“Jack”) Kenneth Fernan, who died on October 27, 2019, at the age of 82.
Mass of Christian Burial for Fr. Anthony “Tony” Schumacher
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, for Fr. Anthony “Tony” John Schumacher, 92, who died on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019.