Sister Mary Edith Ryan, RSM
Funeral Mass for Sister Mary Edith Ryan, RSM, 99, who died Wednesday, March 23 at the St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, was celebrated at the home on Monday, March 28. Burial was at Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery, Fremont.
She was born Dorothy Mary Ryan in Columbus on Oct. 14, 1922 to Leonard and Edith (Keller) Ryan and was a graduate of Columbus Holy Family High School.
She received a Bachelor’s degree in education from the Athenaeum in Cincinnati in 1952 and a Master’s degree with an emphasis in school counseling from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1957.
She joined the Sisters of Mercy in Cincinnati on Feb. 2, 1944 and pronounced her final vows on Aug. 16, 1949.
She spent most of her ministry as a sister at Mercy Hospital in Urbana, where she served as a nurse and spiritual care director from 1968 to 2014. Earlier, she was a teacher at high schools in Cincinnati and Louisville, Kentucky. She had lived in the St. Bernardine Home since 2014.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six sisters and one brother, and is survived by several nieces and nephews, one of whom, Father Dan Olvera, parochial vicar of Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul Church, celebrated her funeral Mass.
AGAWA, Bonnie L. (Moritz), 76, March 21
St. Peter Church, Millersburg
ARNOLD, Josephine “Joie” (Prunzo), 81, March 27
St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington
BARKSDALE, Cindy (Merullo), 65, March 23
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
BARTOS, Dr. James A., 83, March 20
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
BRENNER, Jim, 82, March 3
Immaculate Conception Church, Kenton
BROWN, George E., 85, March 23
Resurrection Cemetery Chapel, Lewis Center
CRONIN, Herbert L. “Tim,” 95, March 16
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
DeLUCA, Gerald S., 71, March 22
St. Paul Church, Westerville
DISHONG, Shirley, 91, March 20
Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton
HARTMAN, Robert L., 66, March 28
St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester
HELSER, LaVetta G. (Hammond), 97, March 16
St. Mary Church, Lancaster
HRIBAR, Marilyn M., 68, Feb. 12
St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbus
KING, Gene P., 88, March 27
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
MACKESSY, Kathleen M. (Clark), 88, March 21
St. Anthony Church, Columbus
MERCER, Joan C. (Luckhaupt), 91, March 25
St. Patrick Church, Columbus
MERLAN, Sharon M. (Kreisle), 79, March 15
St. Paul Church, Westerville
MERRITT, Violet M., 95, March 3
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
MUCKENSTURM, Margaret L. “Sis,” 97, March 17
St. Bernadette Church, Lancaster
ORTLIEB, Anirene R. “Ann” (Dougherty), 77, March 22
St. Paul Church, Westerville
PRIER, Mary L. (Hickey), 38, March 21
St. Matthew Church, Gahanna
RAMIREZ, Nancy L. (Patton), 81, March 23
Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus
ROUX, Jane, 87, March 25
Immaculate Conception Church, Kenton
SAUER, Rose R. (Lamacchia), 90, March 17
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
SENSIUS, Jay, 67, March 24
Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison
SHAW, Jerome B. (Jerry), 77, March 21
St. John Church, Logan
SHOAF, Jane E., 69, March 21
St. Patrick Church, London
VERNE, Pamela S. (King), 78, March 22
St. Paul Church, Westerville
WHITMAN, Mabel B. (Barone), 90, March 23
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Columbus
WILCOX, Delores, 89, March 22
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
ZORETIC, Edward L., 94, March 18
St. Christopher Church, Columbus