Obituaries
Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.
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BRIDGE, Barbara E., 97, St. Jude, Indianapolis, July 12. Mother of Karen Emlet, Barbara Griffin and Nancy Young. Step-mother of Nancy Benson and Sandi Glidden. Sister of Janet Hodson, Mary Holman and Robert AmRhein. Grandmother of nine. Great‑grandmother of 14.
DUMAUAL, Augusto, R., 78, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, July 19. Husband of Natividad Dumaual. Father of Almira Lyst and Alfred Dumaual. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of two.
ECKSTEIN, Angela M., 90, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, July 16. Sister of Marikay Devlin. Aunt of several.
FARNEY, Sandra (Cecconi), 56, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, July 17. Wife of Tim Farney. Mother of Caroline and John Farney. Sister of Lisa McKnight.
GORKA, Bertha J. (Urbancic), 103, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, July 19. Mother of Lois Bennett and Wally Gorka. Grandmother of two. Great‑grandmother of two.
LAZARZ, Helen K., 95, St. Matthew the Apostle, Indianapolis, July 12. Mother of Catherine Wilk, Nancy and Lawrence Lazarz. Grandmother of three.
MASCARI, Thomas M., 65, St. Roch, Indianapolis, July 4. Husband of Lora Mascari. Father of Tommy II and Tony Mascari. Brother of Mary Margaret Farah, Natalie Miles and Marie Ann Mascari. Grandfather of three.
O’HARA, John D., 86, St. Monica, Indianapolis, April 23. Husband of Patricia O’Hara. Father of Maureen, Kevin, Patrick and Sean O’Hara. Step-father of Theresa and Michael Haragan. Grandfather of eight.
RISCH, Jeanie, 93, St. Gabriel, Connersville, July 22. Mother of Jan York. Sister of Marian Dible. Grandmother of five. Great‑grandmother of 26. Great-great-grandmother of six.
SHOTTS, Meredith L., 91, St. Roch, Indianapolis, June 21. Father of Carol Farnsworth, Mary and James Shotts. Brother of Charles Shotts. Grandfather, great‑grandfather and great‑great-grandfather of several.
STULL, Margaret E., 94, St. Jude, Indianapolis, July 22. Mother of Mary Anne Lindblom, Rose Marie Walters and James Stull. Grandmother of nine. Great-grandmother of 20.
YOSHA, Lena M., 96, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Indianapolis, July 22. Mother of Sheryl Ashby and Michael Yosha. Grandmother of three. Great-grandmother of four.
ZUTTARELLI, Judith A. (Stewart), 77, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, July 24. Mother of Anna Matthews and Anthony Zuttarelli. Sister of Linda Brown.
Providence Sister Teresa Marie Havlik served in Catholic education for 55 years
Providence Sister Teresa Marie Havlik died on July 9 in Mother Theodore Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 89.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on July 19 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at the motherhouse in St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.
Sister Teresa Marie was born on May 8, 1929, in Chicago. She entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Feb. 2, 1948, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1955.
Sister Teresa Marie earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in St. Mary-of-the-Woods and a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill.
During her 70 years as a member of the Sisters of Providence, Sister Teresa Marie ministered as a teacher in Catholic schools in California, Illinois and Indiana.
In the archdiocese, she served in Catholic education at St. Philip Neri School in Indianapolis from 1950-54 and at St. Anthony School, also in Indianapolis, in 1954-55.
In 2013, she returned to the motherhouse where she committed herself totally to the ministry of prayer.
Sister Teresa Marie is survived by her nieces and nephews.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876.
Providence Sister Pauline Brockelsby served in Catholic education and as a chaplain
Providence Sister Pauline Brockelsby died on July 13 in Mother Theodore Hall at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 79.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Aug. 1 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at the motherhouse in
St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.
Sister Pauline was born on Sept. 5, 1938, in Omaha, Neb. She entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Sept. 12, 1960, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1968.
Sister Pauline earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary‑of-the-Woods College in St. Mary-of-the-Woods and a master’s degree from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
During her 58 years as a member of the Sisters of Providence, Sister Pauline ministered as a teacher in Catholic high schools in Indiana, New Hampshire and Virginia.
In the archdiocese, she served in Catholic education at Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville from 1967-70.
Sister Pauline then trained for chaplaincy and served in this capacity in Illinois and California.
Due to poor health, she returned to the motherhouse in 1983, where she served her sisters in many ways. Beginning in 2002, she committed herself totally to the ministry of prayer.
Sister Pauline is survived by her nieces and nephews.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary‑of-the-Woods, IN 47876. †