Remembrances

The prayer card for Loretto’s deceased members reads, “Gracious God, may they live forever in the splendor of your light and life in the company of all the saints.” We know that they do, but it’s good to say it. View all Obituaries.

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Remembrance of the Life of Marie Joann Rekart SL

By Loretto Community / July 4, 2015 /

Marie Joann asked that her own accounts of her life be used in the remembrance after her death. Accordingly, we begin where she began her autobiography: “The population of Brentwood,…

Remembrance of the Life of Michelle Tooley CoL

By Loretto Community / May 26, 2015 /

A woman with shoulder length brown hair, wearing a white turtleneck, a red sweater, and dangly earrings smiling for a picture in an office space at a desk with shelving holding books and butter yellow walls in the background.

Michelle Tooley was born in Lufkin, Texas, the oldest of four children. In her application for Loretto co-membership, Michelle wrote about her growing up as “a daughter of the South.…

Remembrance of the Life of Martha Belke SL

By Loretto Community / April 12, 2015 /

A woman with short grey hair, and round wire glasses wearing a striped light pink collared blouse smiling for a picture.

Martha Jane Belke was born into a hard working German Catholic family in Louisville’s upper west end. She was the sixth of seven girls born to Mary Catherine Huff Belke…

Remembrance of the Life of Harriet (Tip) Barker Altmix CoL

By Loretto Community / March 15, 2015 /

A black and white portrait picture of a woman smiling brightly with short white hair, and round wire glasses, wearing a chain necklace, earrings, and a black blouse with a dark grey background.

After 94 years of enjoying life, Harriet (Tip) Barker Altmix CoL died on March 15, 2015. Tip was born in Denver, Colo., to Charles and Harriet Barker in 1921 and…

Remembrance of the Life of Brian Hammond CoL

By Loretto Community / March 1, 2015 /

A man with grey hair and a grey beard smiling brightly for a portrait picture in a dark grey t-shirt and glasses with a light yellow background.

Brian Hammond was born in 1943, the older of two boys only 14 months apart. When Brian was 9 his father became seriously ill, and three years later his father…

Remembrance of the Life of Carol Durphy SL

By Loretto Community / February 19, 2015 /

A woman with short grey hair smiling brightly wearing a dark blue blazer and a silver watch with her hand resting on her chin.

Carol Mae Dunphy was born in Eastlake, Colo., the first of four children of Arthur John and Edith Louise Molholm Dunphy, both Colorado natives. Her sister Lois was born a…

Remembrance of the Life of Margaret Drury CoL

By Loretto Community / February 18, 2015 /

A woman with short brown hair and round wire glasses smiles for a picture wearing a white lacy blouse, a string of pearls necklace, and a pink rose boutonnière.

Margaret Cotillion Powell was born at home in Loretto, Ky. Margaret’s father Robert Powell was killed at the railroad tracks in Loretto before she was born. Her mother, Jane Elizabeth…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Charlotte Marie Schwartz SL

By Loretto Community / January 20, 2015 /

She was born in St. Louis in 1911 and baptized Mary Melinda, after her maternal grandmother. She began elementary school in 1917 at St. James Parochial School in the city,…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister M. Barbara Croghan SL

By Loretto Community / January 16, 2015 /

A woman with short grey hair and glasses smiling for a picture while looking off in the distance, wearing a pink blouse with a white collar with lace detailing and a white boutonnière.

Sister Mary Barbara Croghan was born in Denver, the first of three children of John and Barbara Stroh Croghan. Baptized Dorothy Ellen, she took her mother’s and her younger sister’s…

Remembrance of the Life of Don McCloskey CoL

By Loretto Community / January 13, 2015 /

A black and white portrait picture of a man smiling brightly with a beard, and short hair and glasses wearing a white collared shirt and a patterned dark tie.

Don McCloskey approached his death like he had learned to approach each day of his life: open, present, feeling his feelings, communicating from the heart, eliciting an ever-deepening awareness and shared acceptance…

Remembrance of the Life of Jim Schumacher CoL

By Loretto Community / November 2, 2014 /

A man with short white hair, and glasses smiling for a picture wearing a greenish blue quarter zip.

Co-member Jim Schumacher, husband of co-member Mary Roberts, died the morning of Nov. 2 after a long illness. Jim was born in St Louis, the fourth of five children of George J. and Louise Bender Schumacher. He and his wife, Mary Ann Roberts, the former Loretto Sister Marian Jeanne, became Co-members in 2004.

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Frances Zoghby SL

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2014 /

A woman smiling with short white hair, big brown framed glasses, a light green turtleneck, and a blue blazer with a black background.

Frances Gertrude Zoghby was the eldest of nine children of George Kaleel and Emma Kahalley Zoghby. Her father was born in Beirut, which was Syria at the time, now Lebanon. Her mother was a native of Mobile, Ala., and the Zoghbys raised their family there in Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish. Of Frances’ siblings in this close knit family, three are living, as well as three of their spouses. Miriam, Cecilia and Raymond have been Frances’ faithful companions especially in her final years.

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.