Reader Tributes to Coronavirus Victims

Louie was our parishioner, husband and father who worked for the city. But Louie was also kind, friendly & generous with his time and skills. He was a volunteer football coach for many years before, during and after his son’s time on our team. He spent many hours helping with repairs to our aging buildings. He had time for everyone and was loved by all. A 50 car motorcade... Read more

John K. Pastor

John and I were classmates for 9 years in the 1960's from high school through a year of novitiate and on through graduation from Catholic University of America. We were roommates in the '64-'65 school year. We were friends who lost track of one another over the years. John was a wonderful man. He was a strong basketball player. He was an amazingly hard-... Read more

Millie A. Robertson

When I extended my condolences on Facebook to one of Millie's daughters, telling her how lively and spirit filled her Mom was whenever I was around her, her daughter replied: "She was a great Mom, and, she'll be a Great Angel" Millie is my wife's Aunt. Millie's sister Marjorie is my mother in law and she is in a nursing home. It is very sad... Read more

Roger J. Griggs

I was blessed with an amazing husband for 51 and a half years. The Lord blessed us with four beautiful children and six grandchildren. My husband loved to climb mountains and travel. Ten years ago he had rectal cancer, fought for his life. He was in bed for over year with three operations, chemo and radiation. He fought the battle bravely. At one time I could not stand... Read more

Bob Irwin

Bob was my brother-in-law who lived in Boston area. He was married to my sister for over 45 years and would have celebrated his 85th birthday in May. He leaves a beautiful legacy of three children and seven grandchildren to whom he was devoted. He was such a kind and good hearted man whose Catholic faith gave him deep meaning. While he had many health conditions, he never... Read more

Andrea Bowman

Andrea died of Covid-19 on Palm Sunday. She was a Priest at Grace Episcopal Church in Ellensburg, WA. A good homilist who was interested in social justice and diversity education.

Emmanuel A. Pacheco

Manny, his pet name, was the chief nurse of a medical center and died from the covid virus. He was so loved by his staff, his colleagues, his patients and was known for his faith, his generosity and his support of the poor. I was talking with him via social media less than a day before he died. He showed me pictures of his tubes and was in pain. Less than 24 hours later, the... Read more

Craig Breimhorst

Pastor Craig has been a good and trusted friend since I first met him in 1991. He was an ELCA pastor and I am a Pastoral Minister in a Catholic parish. We met when we were members of our local ministerial association. Craig was warm, compassionate, inclusive and joyous. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Craig walked the walk and talked the talk. His example... Read more

James Haefele

Jim was our music director at St Katharine Drexel Catholic Church in Cape Coral, a kind man with a talent for music, he left a wife and two children...he got sick after traveling to Miami for a wedding...he had been in the hospital for a month, and on a ventilator most of that time...his kidneys failed...but he fought, and his family all off of the parish family prayed for... Read more

Ernest M. Wood, Jr., M.D.

Ernie Wood, ND’59, a prominent OB-GYN surgeon in Lancaster, PA, was one of the great students at the University of Notre Dame in the late 1950s. A graduate of Salesianum Academy, Wilmington, DE, he received his medical degree from Georgetown in 1963. On the night of November 22, 1963, Ernie was the duty officer at Bethesda Naval Hospital, on the night that President John F... Read more

Jody Settle

Jody was my partner of 33 years. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when he was 25 and has used a wheelchair for the last 30 years. Despite his ailment, Jody was always positive never letting the cares of life cast a shadow over him. We shared a warm loving relationship that we shared with numerous rescued cats and dogs. Disability never stopped us from living life.... Read more

Frank Caffrey CSSp

Frank was ordained in 1963; I the year before.We were appointed to Nigeria and to adjacent parishes. We would meet often. During the Biafra war, in another part of the country, we found ourselves in adjacent parishes and in relief work. We would meet often. At the end of the war we, with other missionaries, spent time in a detention camp, followed by imprisonment and then... Read more

Reader Tributes to Coronavirus Victims

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