The month of November is traditionally a time in which the Catholic community remembers those who have died. The Day of the Dead, which is deeply rooted in Catholic traditions and the different cultures of the modern day countries of central to Southern Mexico, northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize, celebrates the lives of those who have died by intertwining the sacred with the festive.
Coinciding with All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2), the first date, Día de los Angelitos, commemorates children who have died and the second date, Día de Muertos, acknowledges adults who have died. During these observances, people often build altars known as ofrendas in memory of their loved ones and display photographs, personal objects, flowers and the deceased’s favorite foods.
The Sisters of Mercy are also joining in this tradition of honoring the dead by creating a virtual altar and accepting your prayer intentions of those who are deceased.
We remember
Mom and dad, Sister Joan Clarke, Ellen Smith, Pat Bogue
Jerome Russell and my family
John and Anna Baranowski
Sister Mary Annetta James, RSM
Much loved brother, Michael J. Conroy
Marty & Kitty Lyons, Nora & Pat Farrell, Rosemary Herron, RSM, Catherine Donigan, RSM, Catherine Rawley, RSM, Father Richard Morrow, Agnese Neumann, RSM
My parents, 4 siblings
all deceased friends and relatives
J. Bruce Saulsbery
Anna and Samuel Saulsbery
Sam and Eva Mauro, Marie Mauro Stone, Dorothy and Leo Huse, Fred Bowman, Gina Goike, Marilyn Micelili
Judy Sepi. Judy worked as a nurse for 30 years at St. Jerome Hospital in Batavia, NY.
Anthony Sepi.
Phil Kays
My sister Philomena FahyThomas
all my deceased relatives from both sides of the family
John, Dorothy, Patrick, Frances Hagan, deceased members of the Hagan, Gorman & Fitzpatrick clans.
John, Dorothy, Patrick, Frances, Hagan. All deceased members of Hagan and Gorman families.
Mary Ann, Tom, Josephine, & Ferdinand Oglia, Sam & Grace DiLorenzo, Angelina Frisa
Bridget and Eugene, Monica, Tommy all from Dolphin Family
John K Kahiu
Phyllis Figmic
Rodney Williams
Berdena LePoire
Michael, Robert and Christopher Reynolds.
Stephen David Schkurman and Paul Henry Schkurman
My sister, Trish Foster Bivens
Flerence and Isabelle OConnell, Daniel OConnell, Shawn OConnell, Robert, Donald, Roy, Eileen OConnell
Wife Rita and Brother Rick
Tinka Harms Smith
Brenda Courtenay Stewart
Charlene Morgan. Deceased members Drumm and Hasting families of Frumm and Hadt
I gratefully remember my Extended Family of Origin, Parents Arthur & Mary; Maternal Grandparents Valentine & Ysabel Gomez; Sister Jessie, for the Blessings of our Hispanic Cultural Heritage – Amen!
My parents, family members who have died, sisters in my community who have died, employees who have died, friends who have died.
Joan Duda and Pauline Duda
Raymond, Mary Rita, James and Stephen Michael Stasik
Father, Claire & Claire’s Sisters, Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles, Family & Friends
Rafaela Torres-Camacho
Evelyn Thomashefsky-Alter
Luciav & Emilio Ramaglia
My twin sister Mary Niedbala Lynch.
Sharon Huff
Joleen Raymond
Israel Rentas
Marie and Harold Jarvis, Lillian and Gerald Chasse
Louise Sandrini and Mary Sawyer
Deceases members of the Pierce, McArdle, Kelly, Rossiter and Clark families
Bennet and Velma Schwager, Scott and Joyce Van Hoose, Sr. Mary Lou Podzimek
Sister M. Margretta Sol RSM
Por mi hermano, José, mi primo Angel y mi primo Cachito. Mis abuelitos, mis tías, mis primos Víctor, Chico, Abraham. Por Carmen N. Mi amiga y mentora por mi sobrino Nathan R. Mis tíos, Que en paz descansen!!!
Philomena Thomas
Butch Mahoney
Ann Margaret Ferrante
Gus & Anty Piscitello
Stella and John Gawlik
Nicola Jane Peck and Helen Martin
Deceased members of Mcdade and Paul families
Duane Hannasch and Myrna Schmidt
My mother, Madeline Agliardi and Sister Mary Kenneth RSM
Sister Virginia Farnan, RSM, Sister Virginia Walsh, RSM, Sister Regina Shelley, RSM, Sister Mary Francene, RSM
Laurence Weigel, Eileen Weigel, Thomas Weigel, Michael Weigel
Katie Kirlin. Tom & Helen O’Neill. Anna Close. Ed & Anne McManus Kim Lusky
My mother, Arlene, and my siblings Pattie and Mike
My parents, Carmen & Trinidad Vigil. My sister, Carmen D. Gomez. My son-in-law, Lennox Tougher.
Burlingame, CA coworker, Tina Panelli and Tina’s sister Patrice
Thomas, Ed, Earl, John, & Lois Tucker, Dorothy, Gary & Richard Grant, Doris Rochefort
Sister Regina Shelley
My Mom, Anne Guzzetti, and my aunt, Theresa Ames
My mom and my dad, Stella and George Sanders
Til & Liz, Virginia & Bobby. Marta & Millie.
My sons, Christopher
Thomas Crishock
Helen Seibert, Howard Seibert, Blanche Stoume
Mary Jane Sauer, Charles McDermott, Mary Jane & Richard Brennan, Eileen & Charles McDermott
Departed Sisters in Auburn, California
Mary and Terrence McDonnell, Bettse and Butch Fleming, Rita McDonnell
Irene and Joseph Dressel; Earl Stover; Thomas George; Diane Leake
My sister, Maggi, my brother, Jack and my parents, Red and Lorraine
Steve Brady; Margaret Brady; James Brady; Monsignor John Duffy
Anna Perna, Michael Perna, & Sister Francis Bradbury
My dear mother, Kathleen Feenane Kennedy
Richard, Veronica, Allen, Dan
Kathryn Nicholson, Robert W. Nicholson, Rober Nicholson, Jr., Nancy Gallagher, Mary Stewart, Margaret Nicholson, Robert Claude Nicholson, Wynnefield Stewart, Frank Slaven, Elizabeth Slaven, Frank Slaven, Jr. Anne Garrity, Vincent Garrity, Vincent Garrity, Jr. William Glenn, Frances Glenn, Theresa Glenn
Veronica Maciulewicz Mikula
Christopher DiJulia
Margaret Mary Lyons
Ed, Ann and Paul Corcoran
Dr David Greenwald
Margaret Dempsey, RSM
Bob Vernon
Michael Ferrara
Kathleen and Matthew Flaherty, Esther and Frank Davidson, Helen and David White
Matt Simon, Edward and Florence DiPasquale, Joe and Mildred Simon
Louis & Freda Fitzpatrick and Daughters Joleen & Sharon
Karl & Laura Eberhard, Laura Flynn, Helen McKenna, Kathleen & Richard Sands, Sisters Anne Woodeshick, Marion Brady, Helen Marie Cahill,
James O’ Hara, Robert O’Hara, Kevin O’Hara. Patricia Prendergast
Clara Jo Gilliam Devlin, Edward Devlin, Helen Jo Devlin, Gertrude Mahoney. Devlin, Peter Devlin, Pearl Vogt Gilliam, Clarence Gilliam
Arthur & Delphine Rutkowski. Bernadette Rutkowski Brennan
Helen & George Winterson, Susan Lozier, Dee Winterson Cronn; Carl Beig, Frances Lavigne, Joe, Karen & Denise Muir
Marie Elise and Jimmy Duckworth, my parents.
Henry C. Tellers, Eugenia and Frank Hodas, Betty and Herman Tellers, Rev. Richard Tellers, Virginia Tellers, Rev. Joseph Gregorek, Ma
Ann Beretta Morsilli
Parents and sisters
Sister Nora Kelley, RSM
Kenneth Porter
Bernard and Mary Mulholland, Edward Ciecko, Joe Otto, Margie Schneider and deceased members of family and friends
Kathleen Slattery
Marilyn Gottemoeller, RSM
Ruth and Reno Simonelli, Charlotte Holiday
Robert and Mary Jane Roy and Anita Seguin
John Wyklige
All of my family members, friends, clients and the unknow that died this year. May their souls rest in peace.
Frank & Hester Blair and my nine siblings and their spouses, and my two nephews and one niece
My parents, Sister Joan
My mother Patricia Maas
Mary Lou Redfern
My nephew James Lopez, proud member of the Hopi nation
The Lyons and Swartz families
Dale and Jeanne Virgil
Mary & Joseph Kaufmann, Hildegarde & Arthur Ryan Jr, Kathleen & Douglas Mitchell, Helen & Joseph O’Donnell, Frances & Arthur Ryan Sister, Connie & Jim Dallas, Peggy Boyd, Elise McCarthy, Boyd Beattie, Sister Peg Fleming, SSJ, Sister Mary Theresa Shevland, SSJ, Sister Theresina, RSM, Sue Sauer, Jack McCue
Sister Helen Cahill, Sister Anne Woodeshick, Sister Miriam Theresa Lavelle, Sister Catherine Rawley, Sister Maryann Burgoyne, Sister Rose Morris, Sister Mary Martina Lavin, Sister Mary Sarah McNally, Sister Kathleen Duffy
DiLaura & Jamison family
James Squadrito, Sandra Fidance, Julia Kilgallen
Iris Johnson
Audrey and Bernard Rutkowski, Orbera and Alice Auer
My parents, Eileen & Jim, James & Maureen, Mary Noel Grygorewicz, RSM, all our deceased Sisters of Mercy
John & Beth Nuttman, Rob Nuttman, Sr M Assumpta Murray, RSM, Mary Bilderback, RSM, Jayne Ross, John B Nuttman Sr, Catharine and H.J. Bingenheimer, Robert Bingenheimer, Joyce Christy, RSM.
Leo Jackson, Marie Jackson, and George Magee
My sisters Ethna McKiernanHetzler and Gillis McKiernan
Duane Hannasch, Lorene Mauro Myrna Schmidt
Marty Winnert
Brislin Family, DeVaughn Family, Gene.
Mark Baniewicz, Marie Baniewicz, Michael Baniewicz
William Joseph, Grandmother & Grandfather on both side of my parents and their deceased family members
Greg Knoblock–My brother, friend, hero and gentle soul always in my heart.
Sister Michael Mary Gutowski, RSM and Theresa Boyet
Mis padres: Otto e Isabel Afanador, mis suegros: John and Carmen Dabdoub, amigos: Aida Clark Young, Dosley and John Redwood
Sister Carolyn Brink, RSM. Michael Joseph Brink, John A Brink, Irene C Brink
Patricia McGrane and Joe McGrane
Gisele Jaar Dabdoub, Ameen Shoucair, David Shoucair, Marc-Anthony Dabdoub, Elizabeth-Anne Dabdoub Miladeh, Olguita y Lucho Sanmiguel
Associate Darlene Bart who died very unexpectedly and nephew Tim Sheehan
Juan & Dolores Espinas, Leticia Aquino & Liliosa Cizinsky
Sisters Arlene Semesky and Joanne Deck
Departed Espinas & Aytona relatives
Cindy McKenna
Rafael Torres, Frank Lagos, Tracy Durkin, Deb Therkorn, Barbara Van Pelt, Evelyn Alter, Ceil Terranova, Leon Duttkin
Christopher Russello, Richard Callahan, Ray Kringdon, Christine Brigman, Pope Francis, Patrick John Kavanagh, Robert Martin, Lucia Ramaglia
Marie Grassi, Mickey Mooz, family members, Sisters of Mercy, those who have no one to pray for them.
Sister Mary Dowden, Sister Grace Monroe, Sister Paschal Hill
The Mucha Family
Louis and Rose Rossadivito and Dominic and Dolores Sebasto
John and Cecelia Luciani, John Luciani, Anna Gowen, Sisters Rosamond Ethier, Miriam Ann Mc Burnie, Ann Coleman and Marilyn Panton
Doreen Puccinelli
My parents, Linus & Frances Kamler.
Alvine, James, & Thomas Coffey, W. Leslie Smith, Eva & Edward Henderson, George & Marie Ruest
Gloria & Herminio Cabrera, Kathryn and Arnold Sargeant, Gretchen Estel
Kit Shoulberg, Charley Shoulberg, Don Shoulberg
Becky Whisnant and Howard Bullen
My mother, Ann Regina Barner
Rev Calin Tamiian
Tere, Penni, Armando, Carlos Jose, Maria Luisa, Narciso, Elia, Carlos, Carmencita
Robert Valentis, Peter & Susan Zografos, Sister Angelo Lobato, RSM, Michael Sieczkarek, Bob Welch, Don Arnhols
My family that is deceased, my friends’ families.
Sister Susan M Frazer, RSM
My sister Bernadette
James & Katherine McDade, John McDade, James & Sally McDade, Sister Jackie Walsh, Victor Velez, Nancy, Michael & Patrick McDde
Tom, Darlene, Susan, Michael, Dorothy, Robert
Patrick and M. Irene Quinn & Jane Quinn
Pauline & Thomas Erb
Naomi & James Hagan
Ida and John Ducey, Sarah Ducey Brown, Mary Ann Duce
Thomas Joseph Hays
All members of the Ducey
Thomas Draper
Paula-Lynn Hill, Margaret (surgery) Debra P. Melinda Ann, Bob and family, Ris & Simon and family, Maureen B., sons and families…all those in need of my prayers and who have no one to pray for them. Also, Jay!
Mary Ellen Trainor, Mercy High class of 1970
Vincent Hernandez (beloved brother & father, Antonia & Gabriel Hernandez
Antonia & Gabriel Hernandez (beloved parents)
Rita Rogers Doud, my wife, who passed 4 yrs ago 10/16/22
Deceased members and friends of the Bellew and Quayle families
Mom, Dad, sister Ginny, niece Lisa
Father George John Mother June Rose Wife Joann Kathleen
My dad, James Copeland; mom, Pauline Copeland, Father-in-Law, Phil Champion; Grand Mothers-in-law Ruth Wahn and Mope; Wife Kim Champion Copeland
Phyllis, Paul, John, Mark, Mabel and Angus McDonald. Dorothy Angus
My Mom and Dad, May and Harry Andrews, and my grandmother, Victoria Stozek
My loving, precious mother Eva, my soul mate and earthly angel Kathy and my beloved and faithful friend of 50 years Bobbie.
My mother, Elvina T. Armento, who died earlier this year at 104.
Don Kirsch
Sister Diane Grassilli who cherished and lived being “hidden with Christ in God”
Geraldine and Henry Puchalski
All of my deceased relatives of the Metoyer; Roberts; LaCour Family.
Marie and Nels Davis
My Husband Don Kirsch
Justine B. Rutan
Carl A. Ditmore
Robert and Mary Bing, John and Joan Bing, Barb and Andy Nieset and Sue and Lonny Quick
Mom, Dad & Ryan
Rosemary Gonzalez
Sister Regina Wilson RSM, Delores & Joseph Wilson, Joe, Leonard & Lucille, Danny & Carol.
Andy Graybush
Agnes and Joseph Schimscheiner. Veronica and Gordon Dow. Mr. and Mrs. Harwas
Sister Donna Ryan, RSM
Russell and Lois Johnson, Chuck and Mary Miller, Jan Beavers, Jim and Darlene Brucia.
Claude Sarro and Greg Lugliani
Martin and Collette Weiland and Thomas and Anna Ball
Patricia Rooney RSM
My family, all of our sisters, associates and companions, especially Jule Werner, RSM
Jane, Wyatt, & Dink Eustis, Raynes White, Sharon Gillette, Debbie Pickett and Jeannie Mosher
Leo Joseph Andreoni
Michael, Robert, and Christopher Reynolds
My parents Joseph and Mary and my brothers Joseph Jr and Michael
My father, Frank Takacs. My mother, Magdalena Bereczki Takacs .
My Mother and Father, Edward and Geraldine Siegel, My Grandparents, Rose and Sam Siegel and Regina and Virgil Crowell. My Husband, Tom, and all of the people I have known and loved in this life that have passed away.
Deceased members of the: Heinrich, Tydings and Caufield Family
Mr. & Mrs. John and Dorothy Hagan, Patrick Hagan, Frank Hagan
Dr. John Twist and Donna Twist
Laurie Hansen
Rob Rea
Marie, John, and Andrew Fisher
Donald & Kathleen Horning, Sister Mariann Horning RSM
Scott Kulisch and Tony Kulisch
Baldwin family; Sister Rose Schoolcraft
Wanda & John Miller, Diane Peters, Linda & Harvey Willis
Jamie O’Brien
Elizabeth and Frank Bier
Bruce Forrester
Family and friends
Mary and Michael Kelly
Dick Dowd and Sister Beatrice Desmarais
Virginia Hall
My parents, Richard and Theresa Williams, would have celebrated their 100th birthday this past September.
My parents Michael and Jenny Paluka my siblings Charles, Jerome, Thomas, Joseph ad Delores
The sisters of Mercy that I stayed with in Newport Rhode Island. Loving remembrances of Sister Getrude Donnelly, Sister Elizabeth Bryson, Sister Irene Griffith, Sister Eugenia Poulin, and Sister Jeannine O’Brien.
My mother
Rita and Frank Gallipeau; Pat and Len Myers