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Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer

Sister Ann Stephen Stouffer died on Dec. 9 at Clinton Gardens In Clinton, IN. She was born on Feb. 26, 1939 in Wabash, Indiana, to Howard and Katherine Murnan Stouffer and was baptized Judy Marie. Sister Ann Stephen ent…

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Reverend Francis R. Colborn

Reverend Francis R. Colborn died Monday, December 6, 2021. He was 83 years old. Father Francis was ordained a priest on December 18, 1963 for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. While serving as a priest, these were his ass…

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Deacon Ike Edie

Deacon Ike Edie died Sunday, December 5, 2021. Isaac Keith Edie, Jr. was born in May of 1945, in Santa Maria, California. Soon after, the family moved to Ventura County, where Ike completed school and carried on the fami…

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Father William J. Fulco, S.J.

Father William J. Fulco, S.J. died Nov. 29 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 85. Born in Los Angeles, Fulco attended Loyola High School and joined the Society of Jesus i…

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Reverend David J. Ayotte

Reverend David J. Ayotte died Monday, November 29, 2021. He was 61 years old. Fr. David was a diocesan priest who was ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 13, 1992. He joined the Jesuits West Province in 2…

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Sister Ruth Poochigian, OP

Sister Ruth Poochigian, OP, died Oct. 22, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville, Wis. Sister Ruth made her first profession as a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa Dec. 16, 1972, and her perpetual profession April 3, 1976.…

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Reverend Pius Noel Pareja, M.M.H.C.

Reverend Pius Noel Pareja, M.M.H.C., died Saturday, October 9, 2021. He was 58 years old. Fr. Pius was a religious order priest that was ordained on April 3, 1993, for the Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross. While se…

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Deacon Francisco Brenes

Deacon Francisco Brenes died Saturday, October 9, 2021. Francisco was born in Managua, Nicaragua on November 20, 1947 to Gilda Brenes Fibla and José Adolfo Brenes. He met the love of his life, Indiana, and they married …

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Reverend Monsignor William O’Toole

Reverend Monsignor William O’Toole died Wednesday, October 6, 2021. He was 84 years old. Msgr. William was a diocesan priest who was ordained in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on April 25, 1961. While serving as a priest…

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Sister Nancy Hale, C.H.F.

Sister Nancy Hale, aged 74, died peacefully on Sunday, October 3, 2021, in New Orleans. Nancy was born in Santa Monica, CA. She grew up in Downey, where she attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary and Pius X High …

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