Father Dennis D. Donovan, SDB
Funeral Mass for Father Dennis D. Donovan, SDB, 70, who died Thursday, July 25, was celebrated Tuesday, July 30, at the Marian Shrine Chapel in Stony Point, New York. Burial was in Goshen, New York.
Father Donovan, a member of the Salesian Order for 50 years and a priest for 40 years, served at the former Salesian Center and Salesian Boys and Girls Club in Columbus from 1985 to 1994 as treasurer and from 1998 to 2004 as executive director.
During his earlier assignment, he also was chaplain for the Ohio Senate and the central Ohio chapter of the American Guild of Organists. During those years, he developed a secondary priestly ministry as a cruise chaplain, starting in 1990. Eventually, he became a member of the administrative board of the Apostolate of the Sea-U.S.A., which coordinates chaplaincies for seafaring men and women, both crews and tourists.
He studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus from 1979 to 1983 and was ordained a priest by Bishop James Griffin on May 21, 1983 at Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral.
He was born on Feb. 26, 1954 in Nyack, New York to Thomas and Helen (Rudolph) Donovan and studied for the priesthood at Salesian seminaries in Goshen; Ipswich, Massachusetts; and Newton, New Jersey before entering the Josephinum.
His first assignment was as a teacher at the Salesian Junior Seminary in Goshen from 1983 to 1985. He was development director at the Salesian provincial house in New Rochelle, New York from 1994 to 1998 and was stationed at Mary Help of Christians School and Parish and the Salesian residence for senior priests in Tampa, Florida from 2004 to 2012, when he returned to the provincial house. He was director of the Marian Shrine community in Stony Point from July 2021 until shortly before his death.
He is survived by a sister, Lynn (Andrew) Krakaur, and two nieces.
Sister Karen Allen, OSF
Funeral Mass for Sister Karen Allen, OSF, 97, who died Wednesday, July 31, was celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity in Stella Niagara, New York, followed by burial in the sisters’ cemetery.
She was born Joan Allen on Feb. 28, 1927 in Buffalo, New York to Francis and Florence (Schaub) Allen.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in art in 1961 from Rosary College (now Daemen College) in Amherst, New York and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1969 from the Rochester (New York) Institute of Technology.
She entered the Stella Niagara Franciscan congregation on Sept. 2, 1945 and made her first procession of vows on Aug. 18, 1947 and her final profession on the same date in 1950.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a teacher at New Lexington St. Aloysius Academy from 1948 to 1955. She also was a teacher and was active in retreat work and environmental programs in the dioceses of Buffalo and of Trenton, New Jersey. She retired in 2022 and had been a resident of the Stella Niagara Health Center since October 2023.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, James. She is survived by nieces and nephews.
ALBERINI, Glennadean M. (McMullen), 98, July 18
Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus
BECK, Suzanne “Sue,” 81, July 28
Sacred Hearts Church, Cardington
CAMPBELL, Joseph F., 79, July 22
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
COLLINS, John Edward, 86, July 23
St. Mary Church, Marion
COOK, Robert C., 94, July 25
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
COWGILL, Michael J., 78, July 24
Holy Cross Cemetery, Pataskala
FOX, Rebecca L. “Becky,” 73, July 29
Formerly Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
FREET, Virginia (Fuchs), 89, July 20
Church of the Resurrection, New Albany
HILL, Karen (Covault), 61, July 18
St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin
HUGHES, Janice, 62, July 21
St. Mary Church, Delaware
KESSLER, Myrna J., 83, July 30
Formerly Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
McCHESNEY, Simon J., 3, July 17
Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus
McCLURG, Sherry Ann, 79, July 30
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
NEIGHBOR, Melvin J. “Mel,” 78, July 30
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
PERRY, Mary Sue (Whitlinger), 91, July 21
St. Ann Church, Dresden
ROTONDA, Margaret “Janie,” 88, July 18
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
SEXTON, Ronald, 76, July 14
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
SHEETS, Mary A., 80, July 11
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
TEIGA, Edward, 85, July 30
Church of the Resurrection, New Albany
WARNER, Margaret L., 95, July 21
St. James the Less Church, Columbus
WAUGH, Becky L. (Reyna), 73, July 22
St. Edward the Confessor Church, Granville
WILSON, Alvena Marie, 97, July 27
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
ZIMMER, Harold J. “Zeke,” 88, July 19
St. John the Baptist Church, Columbus