Deacon Paul Deshaies
Funeral Mass for Deacon Paul Eugene Deshaies, who died Wednesday, Oct. 11, will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Lancaster St. Bernadette Church.
He was born on Dec. 24, 1947, to Ronald and Noella (Houle) Deshaies and attended a French grammar school and high school, served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and graduated from Westfield State College in Massachusetts with a degree in business administration. He spent most of his career as a product manager for Sonoco Paper Company in Lancaster.
In 1996, he began his initial theological studies and discernment in preparation for the permanent diaconate at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, and entered the diocesan formation program at the Pontifical College Josephinum in 1998. He was ordained on Feb. 3, 2001, by Bishop James A. Griffin at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral and served at St. Bernadette Church, as a prison chaplain at the Southeastern Correctional Institution and in Latino ministry at Columbus St. Agnes Catholic Church in Columbus, retiring from active ministry in 2017 while continuing as a part-time prison chaplain until 2020.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Milagros; one son, Marco; two daughters, Maria and Monica; three sisters, one brother, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Sister Arleen Kisiel, OP
Funeral Mass for Sister Arleen Kisiel, 75, who died Friday, Oct. 6, was celebrated Friday, Oct. 20 at the Columbus Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
She was born on Nov. 13, 1947 in Cleveland to Louis and Adelle (Kaniecki) Kisiel.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 from Ohio Dominican College (now University) and a Master of Science degree in counseling in 1982 from the University of Dayton.
She entered the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now the Dominican Sisters of Peace) in 1966 and professed her vows on Aug. 15, 1969.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a teacher at Columbus St. Philip (1970-1971) and Christ the King (1972-1974) schools and at Newark Catholic (1979-1980) and Lancaster Fisher Catholic (1980-1983) high schools. She also taught in Pennsylvania and Illinois.
From 1983 until her retirement in 2019, she served in various roles in Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Canada. She retired to a life of prayer in the Motherhouse in 2019 and became a resident of the Mohun Health Care Center in 2021.
She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include a brother, Ken Kisiel, and sisters, Jan Kisiel and Shelly Mack.
Rosamond ‘Rosi’ Davis
A celebration of life for Rosamond “Rosi” (Hummer) Davis, 80, who died Monday, Oct. 2 will take place on June 22, 2024. Details will follow.
She was born March 2, 1943 in Cambridge, Ohio to Winifred and Earl Hummer. She graduated from St. Mary of the Springs Academy and Ohio Dominican College (now University).
She was a second-grade teacher at Columbus St. Andrew School and was also employed at the Franklin County Board of Elections, the U.S. Census and JC Penney Insurance.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, and her parents. She is survived by a son, Brian, and daughters, Beth Godshall, Kara Daniele and Katie (Jeremy) Brooks; sisters, Clare (Jim) Bauer, Anne Hummer and Martha (Michael) Lynch; brothers, Ted (Lari), Larry, Bill (Linda) and Mark (Jeanine); brother-in-law Carl (Betty) Davis and grandchildren.
ALTIER, Christina M., Oct. 8
St. Rose Church, New Lexington
BERTINO, Cosmo A. Jr., 84, Oct. 5
St. Matthew Church, Gahanna
BOWMAN, Barbara J. (Parsley), 87, Oct. 2
Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus
CAFARELLA, Robert A., 84, Sept. 25
St. Paul Church, Westerville
CHERVENAK, Eugene J., 95, Sept. 28
St. Brendan Church, Hilliard
DEIBEL, Arlene (Browning), 81, Oct. 5
Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus
DODD, Kenneth P., 58, Sept. 27
St. Timothy Church, Columbus
DOYLE, Michelle A., 60, Oct. 2
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
KLESKI, Ethel (Marty), 93, Sept. 28
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
LALLY, John F., 87, Sept. 28
Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus
MAHANEY, Dolores (Marinelli), 86, Sept. 27
St. Elizabeth Church, Columbus
MASSARA, Eva L., 91, Oct. 9
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Columbus
RICHARDSON, Bessie (Fanti), 86, Sept. 29
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
ROGERS, William, 89, Sept. 22
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
ROTERT, Genevieve “Jenny” (Cummins), 82, Oct. 2
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Grove City
SADDAM, Alma M., 85, Sept. 25
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
TALERICO, Mary E. (Rook), 87, Sept. 27
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
TAYLOR, Anthony B., 72, Oct. 4
Christ the King Church, Columbus
TREITMAIER, Helga, 84, Sept. 29
St. Bernadette Church, Lancaster
WILBUR, Antoinette “Toni” (Sergio), 87, Oct. 5
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, Grove City
VALENTINO, Dominic, 93, Oct. 3
St. Christopher Church, Columbus
WILSON, Alice I. (Bartunek), 92, Oct. 2
St. Matthew Church, Gahanna
WILSON, Paul “Mike,” 70, Sept. 27
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark