Michael J. Elton
Funeral Mass for Michael J. Elton, 77, who died Monday, Sept. 11, was celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral. Burial was at Penn Lincoln Memorial Park, McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
He was born on Feb. 2, 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas to Betty and Ted Schramm and attended the University of Texas before working in a number of cities from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.
His last assignment was in Washington, D.C., where he was a senior vice president of a major international fashion company for 16 years. From 1992 to 2006, he was a real estate broker in the Washington area.
He relocated to Columbus in 2006 and was involved in many Catholic ministries in the Diocese of Columbus. He was a longtime president of the cathedral’s pastoral council, directed its liturgical ministry and was president of the diocese’s Center-South Deanery Council.
He was a volunteer in the chaplaincy divisions of Mount Carmel Medical Center and Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, also volunteered for the American Cancer Society and the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, and was a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Donna Allen Fenn. He is survived by a sister, Mary (JD) Grundy.
Alzada H. Gallagher
Funeral Mass for Alzada H. Gallagher, 83, who died Saturday, Aug. 20, was celebrated Saturday, Sept. 17 in the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel, Lewis Center.
She was born in Lyons, Kansas on Dec. 2, 1938, to Paul and Ruth (Harris) Oliver. She was a graduate of Cushing (Oklahoma) High School and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and her graduate degree from Ohio State University.
She spent several decades in nursing, with her last position being vice president of patient services at St. Ann’s Hospital (later Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital) at its original site in Columbus and its current location in Westerville.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Paul. Survivors include her husband, Paul; daughter, Brooke (Jason) Reusch; sisters, Gwen (Richard) Arcara and Marilyn Gilbert; a grandson and a granddaughter.
Michael Thomas Millisor
Funeral Mass for Michael Thomas Millisor, 67, who died Monday, Sept. 5, was celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 13 at St. Edward the Confessor Church, Granville.
He was born in Marion on Oct. 2, 1954, to Thomas William and Mary Alice (Andrews) Millisor. He graduated from Marion Catholic High School in 1972 and from Marian College in Indianapolis in 1976.
He spent several years as an executive with Travelers Insurance in Dayton, Atlanta and Hartford, Connecticut before returning to Ohio and obtaining a Master’s degree in Religious Education. He served as Director of Religious Education at Columbus Holy Spirit Church and St. Edward the Confessor for 20 years before retiring in 2019.
Survivors include brothers, Timothy (Renee), Patrick (Michelle), Father Daniel Millisor, Charles (Karen); a sister, Mary (Brian) Grim; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Baljak, John, 88, Sept. 10
St. Margaret Of Cortona Church, Columbus
Bernard, Timothy, 78 Sept. 9
St. Bernard, Corning
Browning, Judith Ann, 79, Sept. 10
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
Courtney, Robert W., 84, Sept. 3
St. Timothy Church, Columbus
Damiano, Marc, 69. Sept. 5
St. Peter Church, Columbus
Devereaux, Patricia E. (Sturgill), 84, Sept. 2
St. Patrick Church, Columbus
Duffy, Pattie Jo (Stickdorn), 68, Sept. 10
St. Bernard, Corning
Ersley, Emmett J., 88, Sept. 2
Our Lady Of Peace Church, Columbus
Foster, Doris B. (Gorham), 87, Aug, 29
Mohun Health Care Center, Columbus
Glowacki, Julie A. (Nimtz), 80, Sept. 10
St. Brigid Of Kildare Church, Dublin
Grimm, Anne K. (Gouse), 95, Sept. 4
Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus
Holub, Patricia J. (Deluca), 87, Sept. 9
St. Brigid Of Kildare Church, Dublin
Hutchinson, Donna M., 73, Aug. 28
Church Of The Resurrection, New Albany
Ivory, Thomas E., 71, Sept. 1
St. Mary Church, Delaware
Karl, Robert L., 89, Sept. 12
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
Kramer, Barbara (Comerford), 98, Sept. 5
St. Timothy Church, Columbus
Moder, Judith (Lynch), 83, Aug. 30
St. Joseph Church, Dover
Novack, Thomas J., 61, Sept. 9
St. Peter Church, Columbus
Paxton, Linda E. (Irvin), 73, Sept. 5
Our Lady Of Victory Church, Columbus
Potts, Phyllis E., (Brown). 96. Sept. 9
St. Rose Of Lima, New Lexington
Smith, Karen L. (Geneser), 61, Sept. 2
St. Brendan Church, Hilliard
Price, Rhea M. (Pierce), 86, Sept. 11
St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg
Stephens, Condita “Connie” (Baad), 76, Aug. 30
St. Joseph Church, Dover
Trenor, Jeanne (Mcguire), 98, Aug. 26
St. Michael Church, Worthington