OBITUARIES

Donna Rose Mule Bacsik, former Catholic educator

Donna Rose Mule Bacsik, who served in the ministry of Catholic education, died Feb. 17. She was 61.

Patricia D. Martin, served in Department of Pastoral Care

Funeral services were held in Wayne Avenue Baptist Church, Trenton, Feb. 4 for Patricia D. Martin who died Jan. 29 in Compassionate Care Hospice in St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. She was 62.

Funeral services for Father Laszlo F. Rauch set for March 8

Father Laszlo F. Rauch, who was ordained a priest for 64 years and pastor of Our Lady of Peace Parish, Normandy Beach, from 1986 until his retirement in 2000, died March 5. He was 87.

Bishop to celebrate funeral Mass for Father John T. Kielb

Father John T. Kielb, longtime pastor of Precious Blood Parish, Monmouth Beach, died March 27. He was 64.

Funeral services for Franciscan Sister Grace Pierre Forrester

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Grace Pierre Forrester who died March 19. She was was 98. Sister Grace Pierre was born in Trenton and a member of Immaculate Conception Parish, which is now part of Our Lady of the Angels …

Father Philip T. Matera, served as a priest for 61 years

Funeral services will be held April 6 in Our Lady of the Angels Parish-St. Joachim Church, 21-23 Bayard Street, Trenton, for Father Philip Theodore Matera who died April 2 in St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, Lawrenceville.

Father James E. Coley, served as a priest for 65 years

Funeral services will be held April 12 in Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Morris Hall, Lawrenceville, for Father James E. Coley who died April 8. He would have celebrated his 92nd birthday on April 17.

Sister M. Daniel Schroeder, a founding sister of Notre Dame H. S.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 3 in St. Catherine of Siena Chapel in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Mary Daniel Schroeder who died March 29 at age 86.

Maureen M. Gregorovic, former Monitor staffer

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 4 in St. Gregory the Great Church, Hamilton Square, for Maureen M. Gregorovic who died March 28 at age 83. Mrs. Gregorovic formerly worked as an accountant for The Monitor.

Mercy Sister Doris Kelly, educator

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 11 in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Doris Kelly who died April 9. She was 88.

Sister Clare Naughton, medical field

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 12 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Clare Naughton who died April 7. She was 87.


Msgr. Torney, ordained for Trenton, was oldest priest in Metuchen Diocese

Msgr. John R. Torney, 102, the oldest priest in the Diocese of Metuchen and its first vicar general, was remembered during his funeral liturgy May 17 in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bernardsville, as a man of God with a gift for making everyone feel loved.

Father Greeley, sociologist and best-selling author, dies at 85

CHICAGO – Father Andrew Greeley, a Chicago archdiocesan priest and well-known novelist, journalist and sociologist, died late May 29 at his home in Chicago’s John Hancock Center. He was 85 years old.

Emil 'Em' Schroth I I I, an advocate for those with disabilities

Emil “Em” Schroth III, 58 of Interlaken, died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch surrounded by his family.


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