Father Ciaran Fergus, OP
Funeral Mass for Father Ciaran Fergus, 91, who died at the Mohun Health Care Center in Columbus on Saturday, Sept. 2, was celebrated Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Columbus St. Patrick Church. Burial was at St. Gabriel Cemetery, Marlboro, New Jersey.
He was born Thomas James Fergus on Sept. 14, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Michael and Margaret Fergus. After graduating from high school in Brooklyn, attending the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and working in a bank, he served in the U.S. Army in 1952 and 1953. He graduated from St. Francis College in Brooklyn in 1957 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting.
He entered the Dominican novitiate in 1958 at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, made his first profession of vows on Aug. 16, 1959 and his final profession three years later on the same date, and was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic’s Church in Washington on June 10, 1965 by Bishop William McDonald, auxiliary bishop of Washington.
He spent most of his career as a priest in campus ministry, serving at the University of Miami, Florida; Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia; Frostburg (Maryland) State University; Providence (Rhode Island) College; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Fairleigh Dickinson University. Teaneck, New Jersey; and Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. He also was a faculty member at Seton Hall University, West Orange, New Jersey, and Caldwell (New Jersey) University.
In 2017, he was assigned to St. Dominic’s Priory in Youngstown to assist with parochial ministries. He became a resident of the Mohun center in 2021.
Sister Kathleen Andrews, OP
Funeral Mass for Sister Kathleen Andrews, OP, 86, who died Thursday, Aug. 31, was celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
She was born on Nov. 11, 1936 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Daniel and Julie (Spolar) Andrews.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing in 1961 from St. Mary of the Plains College in Dodge City, Kansas and a Master of Science degree in nursing in 1974 from the University of Colorado.
She entered the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Great Bend, Kansas (now part of the Dominican Sisters of Peace) in 1955 and professed her vows on June 13, 1958, taking the name Sister Mary Eugene.
From 1958 to 2017, she served in nursing and housing ministries, mainly in Kansas and Colorado. She was vice president of patient care services at Central Kansas Medical Center, chair of the health science department at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, and an apartment manager for single parents and senior housing in Denver.
She moved to the Columbus Motherhouse upon retirement in 2017 and became a resident of the Mohun Health Care Center earlier this year.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Marilyn Adams. She is survived by a sister, Dolores Bernard, and several nieces.
Lucille E. Milano
Funeral Mass for Lucille E. Milano, who died Monday, Sept. 11, was celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 19 at St. Mary, Mother of God Church in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
She worked for Nationwide Insurance for 20 years after raising her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pietro and Mary (D’Ippolito) Lombardi. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Pasquale; sons, Nicholas (Kelly) and Peter (Paula); daughters, Maribeth (Todd) Marxen and Anita Milano-Gay; sister, Marianne (Ed) Pirik; three grandsons; four granddaughters; and nieces and nephews including Michael Pirik, operations manager of the Diocese of Columbus office building.
ALVARADO, Jose A., 66, Aug. 29
St. Peter Church, Columbus
BOYLAN, John, 94, June 18
St. Colman of Cloyne Church, Washington Court House
BREWER, Thomas A., 66, Sept. 3
Ss. Peter & Paul Church, Glenmont
BYRLEY, Robert, 81, Sept. 4
St. Paul Church, Westerville
FEENEY, Michael L., 77, Sept. 12
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
HAMMOND, Jacqueline (Klinker), 82, Sept. 5
St. Peter Church, Columbus
HIGDON, Charles W. Jr., 59, Sept. 1
St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester
HOWELL, Dinah L. (Baker), 79, Sept. 10
Ss. Simon and Jude Church, West Jefferson
HOYER, Genevieve (Mitchell), 96, Sept. 1
St. Elizabeth Church, Columbus
MAYS, Mescal D., 87, Sept. 2
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
MEERS, Helen, 92, Aug. 3
Holy Cross Church, Columbus
POPPA, Shirley A. (Traxler), 92, Sept. 7
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
RESSA, Anna B. (Reinhard), 96, Aug. 30
St. Francis of Assisi Church, Columbus
RILEY, Mary Lou, 78, Sept. 12
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
RODENFELS, Raymond M., 90, Sept. 6
St. Leo the Great Oratory, Columbus
ROESCH, James R., 93, Aug. 20
St. Mary Church, Delaware
SPECHT, Dr. Daniel F., 94, Sept. 7
St. Patrick Church, Columbus
STOKES, Florence M. (DeMatteo), 80, Sept. 3
Holy Family Church, Columbus
TEACH, Mary E. (Bowes), 88, Sept.11
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
THIBAUT, Lawrence E., 80, Aug. 25
St. Mary, Mother of God Church, Columbus
THOMAS, William R., 98, Sept. 6
St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg
WARNER, Charles G., 57, Aug. 30
St. Charles Preparatory School, Columbus
WISEMAN, Faye, 95, Sept. 7
St. Paul Church, Westerville