Sister Colleen Gallagher, OP
Funeral Mass for Sister Colleen Gallagher, 94, who died at the Mohun Health Care Center in Columbus on Monday, July 21, was celebrated Tuesday, July 29 at the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, with burial at a later date.
She was born Mary Gene Gallagher on April 2, 1931 to Eugene and Mary (Sullivan) Gallagher. She was a graduate of the former St. Mary of the Springs Academy in Columbus and received a Bachelor of Science degree in art education in 1953 from the College of St. Mary of the Springs (now Ohio Dominican University) and a Master of Arts degree in education in 1962 from DePaul University in Chicago.
She also studied at Ohio State, Notre Dame and Georgetown universities, The University of Puerto Rico and the New York University Medical Center, where she earned certification in clinical pastoral education.
She entered the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now the Dominican Sisters of Peace) in 1952 and professed her vows on July 9, 1954.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a teacher at Somerset Holy Trinity School, principal at Columbus Holy Name School, worked in the diocesan Department of Education and was a pastoral minister at Columbus St. Matthias Church, chaplain and pastoral care director at St. Anthony and Mercy hospitals, vice president for mission of the Franciscan Health System of Central Ohio, in mission development and outreach at Mount Carmel Hospital, promoter of the arts at St. Mary of the Springs, pastoral care coordinator at the Mohun center and a volunteer at the Motherhouse. She had been at the Mohun center since 2021. She also was a teacher in Michigan, Illinois and Puerto Rico.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers Martin and Thomas. She is survived by nieces and nephews.
Sister Bernice Weilbacher, SNDdeN
Funeral Mass for Sister Bernice Weilbacher, SNDdeN, 99, who died Wednesday, July 23, was celebrated Friday, Aug. 1 at the Mount Notre Dame Health Center in Cincinnati. Burial was in the sisters’ cemetery.
She was born on Aug. 31, 1925 in Columbus to Bert and Mary (Specht) Weilbacher.
She was a graduate of Columbus St. Joseph Academy and received a Bachelor’s degree in education with a concentration in music from Ohio State University in 1951, the same year she joined the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She earned a certificate in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California in 1981.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she taught music at St. Joseph Academy from 1954 to 1957. She spent most of the next 36 years teaching at schools in Chicago and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, then became religious education director of a parish in Arizona for eight years and a hospitality minister for her congregation in Arizona for five years. She had been a resident of the Mount Notre Dame center since 2007.
She was preceded in death by her parents and seven brothers and sisters. Survivors include a sister, Mary (Harold) Goff, and several nieces and nephews.
AVAKIAN, Carol Susan (Lombardi), 69, July 23
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
ARMSTRONG, Elizabeth “Betty” (Trapp), 90, July 21
Church of the Resurrection, New Albany
BARNHART, Mary JoAnn (Speaks), 94, July 15
Resurrection Cemetery Chapel, Lewis Center
BASH, David J., 82, July 6
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
BELL, W. Vernon, 79, July 22
St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus
BLAZER, Linda, 82, July 19
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
BOTELHO, Suzanne (Valiquette), 89, July 25
St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington
CHESTER, Joan A. (Yanak), 93, June 26
St. Edward the Confessor Church, Granville
CLEARY, Patrick J. III, 77, July 27
St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington
CONIDI, Cherie (Beven). 91, July 29
St. Joseph Church, Dover
ENRIGHT, Dorothy, 93, July 14
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
ENRIGHT, Laurie, 62, July 11
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
FAIRALL, Mary T. (Tiberi), 89, July 24
St. James the Less Church, Columbus
FERNOW, Hilda, 95, June 29
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
GWILYM, Lisa Carol, 66, July 12
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
HADDOW, Howard, 88, July 1
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
HALL, G. Philip, 95, July 5
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
HESTON, Patricia, 74, July 9
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
HILL, Donald Dean, 91, July 23
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
HOWLEY, George L., 3, June 6
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
JOOS, James Michael, 85, June 6
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
MARTINELLI, David L., 79, June 24
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
McCORD, Roisin Brigid, 34, June 16
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
MERCER, James, 88, July 21
St. Patrick Church, Columbus
MILLER, Ken, 90, May 28
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
MOLLICA, Linda Sue, 83, July 4
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
MOSIER, Judy (McIntee), 80, July 17
St. Brendan the Navigator Church, Hilliard
MURRAY, Bernard “Ben,” 83, July 26
St. Matthew the Apostle Church, Gahanna
PELZER, Dan, 92, July 1
Mother Angeline McCrory Manor, Columbus
SAKER, Patricia A. (Abowd), 98, July 17
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
SMITH, Robert “Butch,” 77, July 18
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
SPIRES, Timothy J., 59, May 21
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
TOBIAS, Lloyd D., 81, July 5
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
THIBAULT, Shirley A. (Baumann), 87, July 20
St. Leo the Great Oratory, Columbus
VILLARREAL, Eleazar Morales, 52, July 18
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
WALSH, Janice Buckley, 89, July 13
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
YEZZI, Ann, 93, July 19