Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Precious Blood Father Werner Verhoff, 92, died Sept. 10 at Community Hospital in Coldwater of complications following a fall.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Mary Frances Kleman, 86, was celebrated Sept. 10 at Salem Heights in Dayton. Sister Mary Frances died Sept. 6 at the Maria Joseph Center in Dayton. She had been a Sister of the Precious Blood for 69 …

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Ursuline Sister Rosemary Winkeljohann will be celebrated on Sept. 11 at St. Ursula Convent chapel in East Walnut Hills. Sister Rosemary, 79, died on Sept. 3 at Mercy St. Theresa Center in Mariemont.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Jesuit Father William King, former associate director of alumni relations at Xavier University in Cincinnati, died Aug. 20 in Michigan. He was 83. The Akron native had been residing at the Jesuit’s Combiere Center in Clarkston. A Mass of Christian Burial was offered there on Aug. …

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — Cincinnati businessman and philanthropist William J. Williams died Aug. 23. He was 93. The former chairman and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, Williams supported Catholic institutions, including the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 KATMANDU, Nepal — Jesuit Father James J. Donnelly, who served in Nepal for nearly 50 years, died in Katmandu Aug. 17. The Cincinnati native, who had dedicated his life to education in his adopted homeland, was 80 and suffering from various ailments.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Edward (Ned) Ostendorf was held on Aug. 21 at St. Columbkille Church in Wilmington. Deacon Ostendorf, 74, died Aug. 16 after a battle with esophageal cancer.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Mary Susanna Laux was celebrated Aug. 18 at the congregation’s motherhouse in Dayton. Sister Mary Susanna, 93, died Aug. 11 in Dayton.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Father Bart Pax, who turned St. Mary of the Angels Parish in New Orleans into a refuge for victims of Hurricane Katrina and dedicated himself to rebuilding the flood-ravaged church, was celebrated July 29 at St. Clement Church in …

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Congregation of Divine Providence Sister Mary Cletus Hehman was celebrated on July 31 in Sacred Heart Chapel at St. Anne Convent in Melbourne, Ky. Sister Mary Cletus, 76, died July 27, at Holy Family Home.