Sister Lucianna Derus, OSF
Funeral Mass for Sister Lucianna Derus, OSF, 91, who died Wednesday, Sept. 3, was celebrated Saturday, Sept. 6 at the Holy Family Convent Chapel in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Burial was at the sisters’ cemetery.
She was born Lucille Derus on Jan. 6, 1934 to Hubert and Mary (Lederhofer) Derus.
She earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, and a Master of Science degree in teaching music in 1953 from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. She entered the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in 1949 and professed her vows in 1953.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a music teacher at Delaware St. Mary (1968-1969) and Wellston Sts. Peter & Paul (1973-1976) schools. She also was a teacher at schools in the Diocese of Steubenville and in Michigan, Illinois, Arizona and Wisconsin and was a church organist, gave private music lessons and was part of her congregation’s prayer apostolate. She had been a resident of the St. Rita Health Center in Manitowoc since 2023.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Edward, and a sister, Patricia Youngworth. She is survived by a sister, Irene, and many nieces and nephews.
Linus B. “Lenny” Losh
Funeral Mass for Linus B. “Lenny” Losh, 100, who died Wednesday, Sept. 3, was celebrated Friday, Sept. 12 at Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church, where he was one of two 100-year-old World War II veterans honored at a Mass on Sunday, July 20. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Cleveland.
He was born in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood on March 12, 1925 to John and Cecilia Losh.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 with the 97th Infantry Division, 386th Regiment in Europe and occupied Japan. He said the highlight of his service was helping liberate the Flossenburg concentration camp in Bavaria.
After the war, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy in 1949 and a Master’s degree in 1951 from Ohio State University and was employed by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) for 30 years, beginning in Columbus for eight years before taking positions in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Washington, D.C.
He then spent 12 years advising Republican members of Congress on farm issues. He retired in 1992 and moved to Columbus with his wife in 1996 to be near a daughter. He was inducted into the Ohio Agricultural Council’s hall of fame in 2007.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 63 years, Jeanette (Hippler) and a great-granddaughter. Survivors include a daughter, Lynnette Losh-Eisentrout (Richard Hoechstetter); a son, Clifford (Chakameh Habibi); two granddaughters and seven great-grandchildren.
Several members of his family have been members of religious communities. Three cousins belonged to orders of sisters and a niece is a Carmelite sister. An uncle, Father Joseph Losh, died in 2017 after 52 years as a priest of the Diocese of Columbus.
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St. Joseph Church, Dover
BLAZER, Linda, 82, July 19
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
BUSHUE, Sandra, 74, Sept. 3
St. Joseph Church, Sugar Grove
CASPER, Paul J. Jr., 79, Sept. 4
Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus
CYGAN, Barbara “Barb,” 71, Aug. 28
St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin
DOOLEY, Joseph G., 86, Aug. 13
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
FOLTZ, Arthur F. “Art,” 91, Sept. 1
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
FORGRAVE, Anna, 87, Sept. 4
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
GIALLUCA, Nancy J. (Beswick), 75, Aug. 22
St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington
HUGHES, Patricia (McNulty), 89, Sept. 1
St. Christopher Church, Columbus
HULL, Beverly Anne, 88, June 20
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
JARVIS, Alexander Lee “Alex,” 41, Sept. 7
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
KEMMER, Mary Karen, 78, May 23
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
KING, Stephen E. Jr., 84, Sept. 4
Resurrection Cemetery Chapel, Lewis Center
KOENIG, Mary Jo, 74, Aug. 27
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
KRIVDA, Thurman J. “TJ,” 95, Aug. 31
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
LOLLI, Dorothy J. 86, Aug, 30
Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus
LUDWIG, Patricia A., 97, Sept. 5
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
LYNCH, Robert V. Jr., 91, Aug. 23
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
MANN, Sara L., 84, Aug. 30
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
MARTIN, Nancy, 82, Aug. 29
St Peter St Joan of Arc Parish, Columbus-Powell
McFADDEN, Robert Martin, 74, Aug. 15
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
MORIARTY, Daniel P., 88, Aug. 30
St. Matthew the Apostle Church, Gahanna
NEIGHBARGER, Martha J. (Piar), 83, May 29
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
PORTER, Lorle A., 87, May 15
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
POWERS, John R., 71, Aug. 24
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
ROBINSON, Donald, 94, Sept. 2
St. Joseph Church, Dover
SHAFER, Timothy Scott, 63, June 2
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
SHREMSHOCK, Gerald Stephen “Jerry,” 81, Aug. 22
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
SMURR Thomas M., 95, Aug. 31
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
THOMAS, Roberta J. “Bobbie,” 88, Aug. 16
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
WELLNITZ, Harry M., 76, Aug. 29
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
WILKS, Thomas E., 76, June 6
St. John the Baptist Parish, Mount Vernon
WILLKE, Thomas A. “Tom,” 93, Aug. 21
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
ZIMMERMAN, Doreen, 68, Sept. 4
St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin
ZUPAN, Leo T. “Lee” IV, 44, Aug. 26
St. Michael Church, Worthington