Sister Nancy Miller, OSF
Funeral Mass for Sister Nancy Miller, OSF, 76, who died Monday, Aug. 1 at Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital, was celebrated Saturday, Aug. 6 at Columbus St. Mary, Mother of God Church. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
She was born on Sept. 27, 1945 to Francis and Ruth (Grosh) Miller and was a 1963 graduate of Columbus Rosary High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968 from Rosary Hill College (now Daemen College) in Amherst, New York; a Master of Science degree in Math and Education in 1978 from Fordham University and a Master of Science degree in education and counseling in 1993.
She joined the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity on Sept. 8, 1963 and professed her first vows on Aug. 18, 1966, taking the name Sister M. Antoinette, and her final vows on Aug. 22, 1971.
In Columbus, she taught at Father Wehrle High School from 1977 to 1982 and 1990-1991 and was guidance director from 2000 to 2009 and a tutor from 2010 to 2020 at Bishop Ready High School. She also was a volunteer and speaker for the Central Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition, which works to bring an end to human trafficking.
She worked with the children of her apartment complex, providing school supplies, designing a play area and providing “read out” nights where she read to the children on her porch. In addition, in collaboration with Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital, she worked to obtain a bus shelter for the children of the apartment complex. She also served as an educator in Dayton and in New York, New Jersey, West Virginia and Indiana.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, David. Survivors include a brother, Thomas (Karen), and sisters Carol Ward, Mary (Jim) Zeier and Theresa.
Maxine Rankin
A celebration of life for Maxine Rankin, 87, wife of the late Deacon Jack Rankin, will take place Friday, Aug. 12 at the St. George Marianist Chapel at Indian Lake in Huntsville.
She was born on November 16, 1934 in Fleming County, Kentucky to Leslie and Bessie Emmons and attended Good Samaritan Nursing School in Cincinnati.
She and her husband lived in Cincinnati; Baltimore, Maryland; and Lima before moving in 1974 to Columbus, where she was a psychiatric nurse at Ohio State University Hospital, mainly serving teens and children. They moved to Indian Lake upon retiring.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who was ordained a deacon in 1975 and served at Columbus Our Lady of Peace Church and as a chaplain at Mount Carmel Medical Center; sons Joseph and Stephen, and siblings Alice, Christie, John, Noel, Winona, Robert and Carey.
Survivors include her children J. David (Kristen Westman), Jeanne, Robert, Richard (Betty), Maria (Jim) Kozelek, Jackie Learn, Christine Balint Rankin and Michael Learn; her siblings Louisa Mathis, Anita Curtis and Suzanne Emmons; and 11 grandchildren.
Jane E. Hinterschied
Funeral Mass for Jane E. Hinterschied, 89, who died Sunday, July 31, was celebrated Thursday, Aug. 4 at Reynoldsburg St. Pius Church. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Pataskala.
She was born in Columbus to Joseph and Josephine Boland and was a 1951 graduate of Columbus Holy Rosary High School.
She retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, where she was an administrative secretary, then was employed at Reynoldsburg St. Pius X School as a secretary and library assistant.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Theodore; and sister, Ann McFadden. Survivors include sons Gregg (Barbara), Kurt (Petra) and Chris (Judi); two grandsons, including Father Michael Hinterschied, who celebrated her funeral Mass; one granddaughter; one great-grandson and two great-granddaughters.
Dr. Ann E. Schiele
Funeral Mass for Dr. Ann E. Schiele, 82, who died Monday, July 25, was celebrated Thursday, Aug. 4 at Westerville St. Paul Church.
She was born on Dec. 3, 1939 in Defiance to the late Lee and Frances Moats and grew up in the Defiance County community of Sherwood. She earned a diploma at the St. Vincent School of Nursing in Toledo and received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in nursing and a doctorate in higher education from Ohio State University.
She began a 53-year career with the Mount Carmel Health system in 1961 as a neurological nurse at the original Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus. She became a clinical instructor at the hospital’s nursing school four years later and was an administrator there until 2014. When the school became a college in 1990, she was chosen as its first dean and president. In the next 24 years, it grew in size from about 150 students to more than 1,200.
After retiring at Mount Carmel, she was chief strategy officer of the Lower Lights Christian Health Center on Columbus’ west side, which partnered with Mount Carmel in several programs, for five years.
She served on the Ohio Board of Nursing and the boards of The Catholic Foundation and the Columbus Rotary Club. She also received many awards and honors, including the Columbus Ohio YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, an honorary doctorate from Ohio Dominican University, the Columbus HealthCare Heroes Award and Columbus CEO magazine’s Health Care award for lifetime achievement.
She is survived by her husband, David: sons, Michael and Eric (Lissa); daughter, Cynthia (James) Anderson; brother, Edwin; and five grandchildren.
George “Chris” Lape
Funeral Mass for George “Chris” Lape, 63, who died Tuesday July 26, was celebrated Monday, Aug. 1 at Columbus St. Mary Magdalene Church. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
He was born on Sept. 7, 1958 to George and Helen Lape.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and coached St. Mary Magdalene T-ball and softball teams and the West Mound Stars football team for many years
He was preceded in death by his parents, and sisters Kathy and Terri Lape. Survivors include his wife, Sandy, an administrative professional for the Diocese of Columbus; children Andrea (Joe) Nelson, Erin (Aaron) O’Donovan, Scott (Amanda) Lape, Whitney Lape and Lindsay (Josh) Lape; brothers Jim (Heike), Tim, Pat and Marty; sister Peggy; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
BALTZER, Joseph W. Jr., 87, July 22
St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell
CENCI, Carole (Endres), 79, July 19
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia.
CROOKS, Russell W. III, 42, July 17
St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbus
DUNN, David C., 70, July 25
St. Catharine Church, Columbus
ENGLAND, Mary L. (Pace), 86, July 23
St. John Church, Logan
FANNIN, Victor, 90, July 11
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
GRAY, Michael James Joseph, 77, Aug. 5
St. Mary, Mother of God Church, Columbus
MELFI, Dr. Rudy, 92, July 21
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
MILLER, Emilie C. (Adamski), 91, July 24
Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus
PASKA, Hendrina, 96. July 26
St. Ladislas Church, Columbus
REISSLAND, Marilyn, 89, July 22
St. Ladislas Church, Columbus
REN, Eileen A. (Dapoz), 85, July 31
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
ROSE (ALBANESE), Virginia A. “Ginger” (Lorenzen), 77, July 21
St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington
SHIMP, Margaret A. “Peggy” (Willman), 89, July 28
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
SHOTWELL, Mary (Magnacca), 87, July 25
St. Joseph Church, Dover
STILL, James T., 73, July 10
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
STOKES, Kathleen R. (Murphy), 96, Aug. 1
St. Paul Church, Westerville
TIGHE, John P., 81, July 25
St. Brendan Church, Hilliard
ZITKO, Catherine A. (Ealy), 75, July 31
St. Paul Church, Westerville