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Father Vincent Musaby’Imana, a priest of the Diocese of Kabale, Uganda, died Jan. 30, 2019.   

Holy Names Sister Colleen Kerns (Sister Miriam Patrice) died Dec. 29, 2019. Sister Colleen was a Sister of the Holy Names for 71 years and 90 years old.

Capuchin Father Michael James O’Shea, 93, died Jan. 16. He entered the Capuchin Order on Oct. 3, 1946 at Rochestown, Ireland where he received the habit and given the religious name Venantius. He professed his Solemn Vows on Oct. 4, 1950 and was ordained to the priesthood on May 23, 1954 at Capuchin Friary, County Donegal.

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Brother Erwin Thomas Deasy, SM, a member of the Society of Mary (Marianists) died Dec. 19, 2019.

Holy Names Sister Sylvia Bartheld, (Sister M. Catherine Elizabeth), died Nov. 13. She was 87 years old and a Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for 68 years.

Dominican Sister Susan Ostrowski died Nov. 15, at her community’s St. Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

Father Stephen F. Pisano, SJ, emeritus professor of Old Testament exegesis and textual criticism at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, died in the Jesuit infirmary in Rome Oct. 7 after a brief illness.

Sister Thibault, a Sister of St. Joseph of Orange for 71 years, died Oct. 7 at the community’s Regina Residence in the Orange.

Sister Dorothy Simpson, SNJM (Sister M. Catherine Regina) died Sept. 15 at Mercy Center in Oakland. She was 89 and celebrated 69 years of profession as a Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.

Sister Catherine Cahur, SC, died in San Francisco on Sept. 22 at the age of 82. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 64 years.

Marianist Brother John Samaha died Sept. 27, 2019. Born to Lebanese immigrant parents in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 1930, Brother John entered the Marianist Novitiate in Beacon, N.Y., in August 1948, professing first vows in 1949, and perpetual vows in 1953.

Sister Patricia Marie Walsh, OP, died at St. Martin residence in Fremont on Sept. 16. Born in Los Angeles on July 14, 1930, she was 89 years old and in the 71st year of her religious profession at the time of her death.

Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Annice Callahan, who published a number of articles on spirituality, especially on devotion to the Sacred Heart and the spirituality of the Society of the Sacred Heart, and lectured widely on these topics, died Aug. 10 in Atherton. She was 74.

Mercy Sister Sheila Devereux died June 24 at age 92. Born June 25, 1927, in Adair, Iowa, and baptized Patricia Anne, she was influenced by her Mercy teachers in her decision to choose a religious vocation.

Mercy Sister Lillian Murphy, former CEO of Mercy Housing, Inc., died at age 78 on July 25 in San Francisco. Sister Lillian saw that stable housing was the basis of a healthy life and committed her life to creating it for those in need – from single moms living in their cars to mentally ill elders on the streets.

Thirteen months after his ordination, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Christian, OP, passed away in his sleep at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University in Menlo Park. Bishop Christian, the seminary’s rector-president, was 70 years old.

Dominican Sister Patricia (Catherine Demetria) Rielly died on June 20, 2019 at St. Martin’s Residence at Mission San Jose. She was 96 years old and 75 years professed as a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose.

Sister Deborah Marie (Betty) Butcher, OP, died on June 21, 2019, in Glendale. She was 79 years old and professed for 59 years as a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose.

Sister Eileen Marie (Marlene) Corrigan, OP, died on June 28 at St. Martin Residence, located at the Motherhouse in Fremont. She was 77 years old and professed as a Dominican Sister for 57 years.