Sister Rosalie Graham, OP
Funeral Mass for Sister Rosalie Graham, OP, 90, who died Friday, Nov. 22, was celebrated Tuesday, Dec. 3 at the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, to be followed by burial at a later date.
She was born Helen Graham on Feb.15, 1934 in Mansfield to Richard McNeal and Rose Beam Graham.
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from St. Mary of the Springs College (now Ohio Dominican University), a Master of Arts degree in English in 1967 from Marquette University and a Master of Library Science degree in 1981 from Kent State University.
She entered the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now the Dominican Sisters of Peace) in 1957 and professed her vows on July 9, 1959.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a teacher at Columbus St. James the Less School, Coshocton Sacred Heart High School and Newark Catholic High School; library director at Ohio Dominican, and secretary to the major superior of her order. She worked in the diocesan missions office from 2001 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2023 was a librarian and archivist at the Motherhouse. She also served as a teacher in Connecticut, New York and the Diocese of Steubenville and librarian at the Dominican Academy in New York City.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Robert; and a sister, Mary Katharine.
ALTIER, Louis J., 92, Nov. 11
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
BINGHAM, Betty J. (Kessler), 94, Nov. 26
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
CROCE, Chester Jr. 94, Nov. 29
St. James the Less Church, Columbus
CZICH, Gloria (Rankin), 93, Nov. 8
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
ELLIOTT, Dolores (DeVictor), Dec. 5
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
FLAHERTY, Regina “Jean” (McCort), 92, Nov. 29
St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin
FRITZ, Kathleen, 77, Nov. 30
Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton
GARNER, Barbara Jean, 74, Nov. 9
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
GRIBBLE, James, 97, Nov. 11
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
GUILLORY, Janet, 89, Nov. 21
Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton
JACQUET, Charleen, 88, Nov. 25
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
LAWLESS, Margaret “Peg” (Stien), 90, Nov. 14
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
LUSK, James, 57, formerly of Columbus, Nov. 14
St. Columbkille Church, Parma
MERULLO, Fortunato P., 69, Dec. 2
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
MARCALETTI, Richard, 89, Nov. 20
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
MILES., George William Jr., 82, Nov. 18
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
MENDOZA, Roberto, 42, Sept. 24
Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton
MILLER, Max, 88, Oct. 16
Sacred Heart Church, New Philadelphia
MOORE, Timothy E., 78, Nov. 23
St. Rose of Lima Church, New Lexington
PAULUS, Thomas H., 91, Nov. 23
St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester
POMPEY, Rita (Spray), 85, Nov. 14
St. Bernard Church, Corning
ROSE, Eleanor M., 90, Nov. 25
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
SHIPPS, Barbara Jean (Pfeifer), 87, Nov. 21
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
SNYDER, Marjorie Mylee (Henning), 96, Dec. 2
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
UNGER, Richard “Dick,” 84, Nov. 22
Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton
WOLF, Donald, 78, Nov. 24
St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin
ZIEGLER, Fredrick W. “Fritz,” 94, Nov. 29
Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus