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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BIELSKI, Nina C., infant, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Nov. 25. Daughter of Ben and Elizabeth Bielski.
BUCKLEY, Kathryn L., 94, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Nov. 1. Mother of Sharon Armstrong, Dennis, Jeff and Steve Buckley. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother of 16. Great-great-grandmother of one.
COLE, Bruce, 66, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Nov. 17. Husband of Stephanie Cole. Father of Jennifer Bishop and Meredith Cole. Brother of Baye, Bryan and Wesley Cole.
HERBERTZ, Mary J., 96, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Nov. 27. Mother of Eileen Horan, Andy, Chris, Daniel and John Herbertz. Grandmother of 16. Great-grandmother of 11.
JERRELL, Elaine M., 76, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Nov. 23.
Wife of Patrick Jerrell. Mother of Anna Kazmierski and Chris Jerrell. Sister of Dianna Deputy, Beverly Moore and Steven Veerkamp. Grandmother of six.
LEWIS, Dorothy, 96, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, Nov. 24. Mother of Peggy Crawford, Sharon Messer, Rebecca Rainey, Joseph, Michael and Richard Lewis. Sister of Elinor Phillips and Lincoln Wright. Grandmother
and great-grandmother of several.
MCGOUGH, Nevelyn F., 95, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Oct. 31. Mother of Lana Bell. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of 10. Great-great-grandmother of two.
O’HARA, Anne, 77, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, Nov. 21. Mother of Casey Williams, Colleen and Danny O’Hara. Sister of Sheila China and Pat Scanlon. Grandmother of 10.
PAGE, Paul J., 60, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Nov. 22. Husband of Holly Page. Father of Isabella Hannon, Dominique and Michael Page. Son of Rosemary Page. Brother of Rosemarie Bayt, Annette Page and Mary Ann Sullivan.
PANK, Emilie N., 45, St. Mary, Greensburg,
Nov. 27. Daughter of Paul Pank. Stepdaughter of Rojeanna Pank. Sister of Meredith Patchett. Stepsister of James and Dr. Michael Shuck.
STAMPER, Katrina, 33, St. Jude, Indianapolis,
Nov. 9. Daughter of Bernadette Kern-Reilly.
Sister of Elizabeth
Riley.
STORMS, Judy A., 83, St. Joseph University Parish, Terre Haute,
Nov. 24. Wife of David Storms. Mother of Laura Barbour, Susan Morris and Beth Roberts West. Sister of Kathleen Klein and Jerry Ellingsworth. Grandmother of five. Great-grandmother of six.
Discalced Carmelite Sister Teresa Marie Boersig served in education, contemplative life
Discalced Carmelite Sister Teresa Marie Boersig, a member of the Carmelite Monastery of the Resurrection in residence at the motherhouse of the Third Order of St. Francis in Oldenburg, died on Nov. 25 at the motherhouse. She was 93.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Dec. 5 at the Motherhouse Chapel in Oldenburg. Burial followed at the motherhouse cemetery.
Sister Teresa was born on Oct. 31, 1931, in Indianapolis where she grew up as a member of St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Parish. After graduating from the former St. Mary Academy in Indianapolis, she joined the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg in 1950.
She professed final vows in that community on Aug. 12, 1956.
Sister Teresa earned a bachelor’s degree at Marian University in Indianapolis, a master’s degree in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana and a doctorate in mathematics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. During the time of her graduate studies, she served for three years at Father Thomas Scecina Memorial High School in Indianapolis.
After serving on the faculty of Marian University from 1973-80, Sister Teresa discerned a call to contemplative life and transferred her vows to the Monastery of the Resurrection, which, at the time, was located a mile south of Marian’s campus.
In life in her Carmelite community, she authored the People’s Companion to the Breviary and served as the monastery’s liturgist.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of St. Francis, P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036-0100.
Franciscan Sister Barbara Hileman served in Catholic schools, parishes and hospitals
Franciscan Sister Barbara Hileman (formerly Sister Concetta), a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Oldenburg, died on Nov. 22 at her community’s motherhouse. She was 90.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Nov. 25 at the Motherhouse Chapel in Oldenburg. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.
Sister Barbara was born on Dec. 25, 1933, in Anna, Ill. She joined the Sisters of St. Francis on Sept. 8, 1951, and professed final vows on Aug. 12, 1957. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Marian University in Indianapolis, a master’s degree at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, and a master’s degree in pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
During 73 years as a member of the Sisters of St. Francis, Sister Barbara ministered in Catholic education for 24 years, in parish ministry for 12 years, for six years in missionary ministry among Native Americans in New Mexico and for 18 years as a hospital chaplain before retiring to the motherhouse in 2014.
In the archdiocese, Sister Barbara served at St. Louis School in Batesville from 1969-72, at the former St. Mary School in Aurora in 1972, at St. Gabriel School in Connersville from 1978-81, at the former St. Joseph Parish in St. Leon (now a campus of All Saints Parish in Dearborn County) from 1987-90, and in Indianapolis at the former St. Bernadette School from 1974-76 and St. Christopher Parish from 1981-84. She ministered as a chaplain at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis and Ascension Seton St. Vincent Hospital in Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese from 1999-2014.
She is survived by her sister, Therese Swinford.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of St. Francis, P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036-0100. †