Obituaries

A funeral Mass was celebrated March 9 for Franciscan Sister Mary Paul Pfautsch in in Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines.

Sister Mary Paul, 83, died March 5 at Sacred Heart Convent in Baybay City. She had recently celebrated 50 years of mission work in the Philippines.

A funeral Mass for Msgr. Jerome F. Wilkerson, a retired parish pastor, was to be celebrated at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 7148 Forsyth Blvd. in University City.

Msgr. Wilkerson, 88, died March 28.

Born in St. Louis, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1950 at Kenrick Seminary by then-Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter. After ordination he served briefly with the Catholic Motor Mission, a rural apostolate. He later was named as assistant pastor of Visitation Parish in north St. Louis and then at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in University City.

A funeral Mass was celebrated for Deacon Charles W. Georges April 2 at Holy Spirit Church in Maryland Heights.

Deacon Georges died March 28 at age 70.

Born in St. Louis, he married the former Barbara C. Philpot in 1968. During the Vietnam War, he served for three years in the U.S. Army. He was a successful businessman, business owner and salesman during his working career.

A funeral Mass was celebrated April 1 for Sister Mary Concordia Hennessy, CSJ, in the Nazareth Living Center chapel in south St. Louis county.

Sister Mary Concordia, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 80 years, died March 27 at Nazareth Living Center. She was 98.

A St. Louis native, she was baptized Catherine Mary Hennessy. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1932. Sister Mary Concordia earned a bachelor's degree in English from Fontbonne College in 1948 and a master's degree in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1954.

A funeral Mass for Msgr. Jerome F. Wilkerson, a retired parish pastor, will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 7148 Forsyth Blvd. in University City.

Msgr. Wilkerson, 88, died March 28.

Born in St. Louis, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1950 at Kenrick Seminary by then-Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter. After ordination he served briefly with the Catholic Motor Mission, a rural apostolate. He later was named as assistant pastor of Visitation Parish in north St. Louis and then at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in University City.

A memorial Mass was celebrated March 19 for Loretto Sister Ann Patrick Ware in the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows at the Loretto Center in Webster Groves.

A scholar, editor and translator, Sister Ann Pat died Feb. 23 at Bethesda-Dilworth Nursing Home in St. Louis. She was 92 and in her 72nd year as a Sister of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross.

Sister Ann Pat served for many years with the Institute of Women Today in New York advocating for prisoners and sitting in on court cases. She also served at Nerinx Hall andt Webster College (now University) in Webster Groves.