May 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon John Phillip Wersching was celebrated May 20 at St. Cecilia Church in Oakley. Deacon Wersching, 89, died May 16.

May 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Rose Ann Winkeljohn was celebrated May 20 at Salem Heights in Dayton. Sister Rose Ann, 85, died May 16 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. She was a Sister of the Precious Blood for 68 years.

May 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Maria Fidelis Ritter was celebrated May 23 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the congregation’s motherhouse. Sister Maria Fidelis, 90, died May 17 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of Charity for …

May 25, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Theresina Ross was celebrated May 18 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the congregation’s motherhouse. Sister Theresina, 96, died May 12 at Mother Margaret Hall. She was a Sister of Charity for 76 years.

May 18, 2011  A Mass of Christian Burial for Missionary of the Precious Blood Father Cornelius Fenton was celebrated May 12 at St. Charles Center in Carthagena. Father Fenton, 89, died May 8 at St. Charles.

May 18, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister of the Poor Marilyn Fischer was celebrated May 15 at St. Clare Convent Chapel in Cincinnati. Sister Marilyn, 74, died May 9 in her home in Manhattan, NY. 

May 18, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Mercy Mary George Boklage was celebrated May 16 at St. Clare Church in College Hill. Sister Mary George, 87, died May 12. She was a member of the Sisters of Mercy for 70 years. 

May 10, 2011 Comboni Missionary Father Valentino Saoncella, 91, died April 19 at the Comboni Mission House in Milan, Italy, where he had been in retirement for the past few years. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Our Lady of Fatima Chapel at the Comboni Mission House.

May 10, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Carmelite Sister Norah Michael McNamara was celebrated May 5 at St. Margaret Hall in Cincinnati. Sister Norah, 67, died May 1 after a long illness.

April 6, 2011 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Sister Joan Elise Smith was celebrated March 29 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Joan Elise, 83, died March 24 at Christ Hospital.