“Grant eternal rest unto them, O Lord, and let your perpetual light shine upon them”
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Sr. Mary Dolores Ann, Dolores Nowaczewski, of Hamtramck, entered eternal life on July 11 at St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia. She was 89 and in religious life for 70 years. Born Dec. 14, 1927, in Hamtramck, Dolores was the eighth of nine children to Frank and Antoinette (Szymanski). Following her graduation from St. Florian, Dolores…
Deacon Robert Rowland passed on from this life on July 15 at the age of 74. Deacon Rowland was born Nov. 14, 1943, and ordained a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Detroit on June 14, 1980. In his early years, Deacon Rowland served in many parishes of the archdiocese, including at St. Mel Parish,…
Sr. Marie Gabriel Hungerman, IHM, 92, died June 27 at the IHM Motherhouse in Monroe. Sr. Hungerman was born May 20, 1925, one of three daughters and four sons born to Clement and Edna (Makary) Hungerman of Chester, Pa. After high school, Marie entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Monroe. Sr.…
Sr. Jeanette Boudreau, IHM, 79, died June 29 at the IHM Health Care Center in Monroe. Beverly Ann was born in Flint on Jan. 2, 1938, to Stephen and Mary Jane (DeBurger) Boudreau. She entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe in 1961 and received the religious name Sr. Marie…
Sr. Joan Sopha, OP, formerly Sr. Daniel Michael Sopha, died June 8 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 88 and in her 68th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sr. Sopha was born in Port Huron to Herbert and Mary (Lynch) Sopha. She earned degrees from Barry College (University) in Miami Shores,…
Sr. Martha Ann Oldani, CSJ, entered eternal life June 11 at the age of 91. Josephine Oldani was born in Detroit on Sept. 14, 1925, the daughter of Louis and Lillian (Grambusch) Oldani. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth on July 1, 1950, and pronounced first vows Jan. 3,…
