OBITUARIES

Funeral arrangements for Deacon James P. Walsh, served in Neptune parish

Funeral services have been scheduled for Deacon James P. Walsh of Red Bank and Neptune who died Dec. 14 at age 78.

Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at age 88

WASHINGTON – Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88.

Sister Ruocchio enjoyed 72 years in religious life

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 21 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Manetto Ruocchio, who died Dec. 18. She was 93.

Sister Margaret Appell, served in Trenton Diocese for 34 years

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 9 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Margaret Appell, who died Jan. 4. She was 87.

Deacon James P. Walsh, served in Neptune parish

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 20 in Holy Innocents Church, Neptune, for Deacon James P. Walsh of Red Bank and Neptune, who died Dec. 14 at age 78.

Funeral services scheduled for Father Leon J. Inverso

Funeral services will be held Jan. 14 in St. Anthony of Padua Church, Hightstown, for Father Leon J. Inverso, a priest of the Diocese who died Jan. 6. He was 76.

Sister Dolores Patterson, taught in several schools in the Diocese

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 9 in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Dolores Patterson who died Feb. 5. She was 88.

Sister Barbara Burdett was native of Trenton

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 28 in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Barbara Burdett who died Dec. 24.

Funeral services set for Sister Mary Gloria Jones, Trenton native

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated March 12 at 10:30 a.m. in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Mary Gloria Jones who died March 8. She was 93.

Funeral services set for Stephen J. Lucasi

Funeral services have been scheduled for March 16 for Stephen J. Lucasi, the longtime director of sacred music in Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown, and former director of the Diocesan Festival Choir, who died suddenly March 8. He was 64.

Shirley M. Yando Morris, mother of Ewing pastor

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 16 in Notre Dame Church, Malone, N.Y., for Shirley M. Yando Morris, who died March 11 at age 87. Mrs. Morris was the mother of Trinitarian Father Thomas Morris, pastor of Incarnation-St. James Parish, Ewing.

Sister Theodore Klingseisen, served in Mercer County schools, hospital

Funeral services were held March 18 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Theodore Klingseisen, who died March 12 at age 98.

Sister Sarah McCulloch, former educator in Diocese

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 1 in St. Catherine of Siena Chapel at McAuley Health Care Center for Mercy Sister Sarah McCulloch, who died March 28. She was 88.

Sister Eileen Lowden, Burlington native

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 30 in Immaculate Conception Chapel of Mount St. Mary, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Eileen Lowden, who died March 26. She was 77.

Sister Ella Mae Hill, ministered in St. Rose High School

Funeral services were held March 21 in St. Joseph Villa, Flourtown, Pa., for Sister of St. Joseph Ella Mae Hill, who died March 17 at age 86.


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