Obituaries

A funeral Mass was celebrated April 29 for Sr. M. Regina of the Sorrowful Mother at St. Agnes Home Chapel in Kirkwood.

Sister M. Regina, a Carmelite Sister of the Divine Heart of Jesus, died April 23 at the Carmelite Sisters convent in Kirkwood. She was 94.

An Ohio native, she was baptized Helen Catherine Meinerding. She entered the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus in 1948 in Wauwatosa, Wis., and made her final profession of vows in 1954.

A memorial Mass will be celebrated for Loretto Sister Georgeann Hanson at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Immaculate Conception Church, 2934 Marshall Ave. in Maplewood. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m.

A liturgist, educator and parish administrator, Sister Georgeann died of complications from lung cancer April 23 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. She was 79.

A funeral Mass was celebrated April 11 for Father Edward J. Hilgeman at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Brentwood.

Father Hilgeman, a priest for 61 years, died April 7 at Nazareth Living Center in south St. Louis County. He was 86.

A St. Louis native, he attended Cathedral Latin School, St. Louis Preparatory Seminary and Kenrick Seminary. He was ordained on March 8, 1952, at Kenrick Seminary by then-Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter.

A funeral Mass was celebrated April 22 for Msgr. Paul G. Anthony as Ste. Genevieve du Bois Church in Warson Woods.

Msgr. Anthony, a retired pastor and dean, died April 18 at Mercy Continuing Care Hospital on the grounds of the Cedars in Chesterfield. He was 78.

A St. Louis native, he attended St. Louis Preparatory Seminary, Cardinal Glennon College and Kenrick Seminary. He was ordained on March 18, 1961, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis by Cardinal Joseph E. Ritter.

A memorial Mass was celebrated April 17 for Sister Marie Tucker at Nazareth Living Center Chapel in south St. Louis County.

Sister Marie, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 76 years, died April 14 at Nazareth Living Center at age 95.

A funeral Mass was celebrated April 17 at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel in Sparkill, N.Y., for Sister Thomas More Duggan, OP, a retired teacher who served at several schools in the St. Louis Archdiocese.

Sister Thomas More, 95, died April 12 in Siena Hall in Sparkill.

Born Agnes Duggan in St. Louis, she entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill in 1935 and became known as Sister Thomas More, professing her first vows in 1937 and her final vows in 1942.