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Archives: In Memoriams

Dumais, George J. (Father)

Father George Joseph Dumais, SJ, died March 4, 2024, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California, surrounded by family and friends. He was 88 years of age and a member of the Society of Jesus for 65 years. Fr. Dumais was born on the family dairy farm in Langley, British Columbia, near Vancouver, …

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Royce, Thomas R. (Father)

Fr. Tom Royce, SJ, died December 6, 2013, at the Jesuit Infirmary in Spokane. A respected university professor, able administrator, caring pastor, dedicated priest, and loyal Mariners baseball fan are but a few of the many hats Fr. Tom wore during his 87 years of life. The fourth of five siblings, Thomas Reilly Royce was …

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Drendel, Ralph J. (Reverend)

Rev. Ralph J. Drendel, S.J., 90, died December 2, 2012 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, after a long illness. He was a Jesuit for 72 years, a priest for 59 years. Ralph was born in San Francisco on August 2, 1922, the son of Joseph Drendel and Erna Lohmann Drendel, who died when …

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Wright, Warren J. (Father)

Father Warren J. Wright, S.J., 65, died November 19, 2012 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center. He had been a Jesuit for 39 years, an ordained priest for 30 years. Warren was born on January 9, 1947 in Los Angeles, the only child of Jack and Bernice Wright. His early life and all his schooling took …

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Maginnis, Andrew F. (Reverend)

Rev. Andrew Francis Maginnis, S.J., 89, died Sunday morning, March 17, 2013 in Regis Infirmary, Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He had been a Jesuit for 73 years, an ordained priest for 50. Andy was born in San Francisco on June 4, 1923, the son of Charles A. and Minnie Carroll Maginnis. His father’s …

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Dullea, John F. (Father)

Father John F. Dullea, S.J., 85, died August 1, 2014 at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, after a long illness. Jack was born in San Francisco in 1929, graduated from St. Ignatius College Prep, and entered the Jesuit Order in Los Gatos in 1945. He studied philosophy at Gonzaga University, Spokane (B.A., M.A.), followed …

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Bennett, Michael J. (Brother)

Brother Michael J. Bennett, SJ, a member of the Jesuits West Province of the Society of Jesus, who worked in Alaska, Zambia and the Philippines and among Native Peoples of the Pacific Northwest, died March 10, 2023, in the infirmary at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 88 years of age …

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Rohrer, Theodore C. (Brother)

Brother Theodore (Ted) Rohrer, SJ, a member of the West Province of the Society of Jesus, died March 7, 2023, in the infirmary at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California. He was 80 years old and a Jesuit for 62 years. Br. Rohrer was born into a large farm family in the community …

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Welsh, Charles A. (Father)

Father Charles Arthur Welsh, SJ, a member of the China Province and formerly of the California Province, died in Taiwan on January 26, 2023, after a lifetime of pastoral and social work in Taiwan. He was 88 years old. Fr. Welsh was born in San Francisco on April 10, 1934, the son of Arthur Welsh …

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