In Memoriam

Chapel Bells Mass

The University of Saint Joseph has a tradition of remembering deceased alumni, family, and friends at the Chapel Bells Mass.

During the Mass, the bells are rung in memory of those who have passed away in the previous year.

If you learn of a recently deceased alumna/us, please contact:
Office of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving
Phone: 860.231.5364
Email: [email protected]

Recent Obituaries in the University of Saint Joseph Community

The following individuals will remembered at our Chapel Bells Mass in November 2026

Alumni

  • Sister Katherine Baker, CSJ, M’73
  • Maureen McGowan Barbelet ’66
  • Ann Love Blood ’52, P’05, GP’19
  • Ruth Hallowell Bortolan ’61, M’76
  • Kathleen Glass Brauns ’86
  • Joan E. Briggs ’62
  • Mary Lou McLaughlin Caffrey ’76
  • Sharon Welch Canny ’57
  • Ruth Tulin Cion, M’92, C’96
  • Barbara Davis Clark ’50
  • Patricia Harries Clarkin ’50
  • Kathleen Kerrigan Dasney ’64
  • Louann M. Daragan ’66, M’82
  • G. Gale DiSabato Dickau ’68, M’78, DAA’94
  • Virginia Miller Ferlazzo ’65, M’69
  • Mary Jean Glesmann ’62
  • Barbara Kavanagh Haight ’59, DAA’09 (SCS)
  • Carline Harris ’67
  • Rebecca Dew Hayes ’07
  • Florence Hanlon Hayes ’51
  • Daniel Hogan, M’78
  • Adele Macknis Kasinskas ’65
  • Dorothy Bosch Keller, M’85, C’97, DAA’99, H’17
  • Virginia Smith Kirkwood ’67
  • Joanne Sheehy Kraus ’62
  • Mary James Krenn ’48
  • Judith Hill Lawes, M’75
  • Ann Marie Colangelo Lengyel ’71
  • Laurette LaLiberté Lipson ’49
  • Elizabeth Brown Maerz ’53, P’79, P’81, P’82
  • Elizabeth Abramek Maguire ’58
  • Gloria Scriminger Maloney ’52
  • Marion Iava Marano ’57
  • Thelma Marieni ’59
  • Mary Ann Shine McDonald ’61
  • Maura Sayers McGrath ’68, M’88
  • Sister M. Margaret McMahon, IHM, M’92
  • Lois Smith Metzler ’54
  • Marcia Pickett Moran ’55
  • Betty Chapin Olson ’46
  • Rosemarie Cassara Pantano ’52
  • Lou Jean Corso Pettit ’57
  • The Reverend James F. Pilon, M’80, C’83
  • Barbara Gilmartin Santamaria, M’79
  • Patricia Nolan Santelle ’59
  • Joan Smola, M’90
  • Mary Bennett Voudren ’67
  • Charlotte Hayes Walters ’50
  • Patricia Cummings Welch ’47
  • Hazel Canfield Weiner ’46
  • Lois Ann Jones Weissenburger, M’91

Friends and Family

  • James R. Begley Jr., Spouse of Ann Farese Begley ’77
  • Frederick D. Belcher, Spouse of Rosemarie Benedykt Belcher, M’85
  • Deaconess Nancy Ann Taylor Browdy, Former staff
  • Susan Belcher Burns, Daughter of Rosemarie Benedykt Belcher, M’85
  • Thomas J. “Tom” Bucchere, Cousin of Joyce Narden ’67
  • Thomas F. Cail, Brother of Gail Cail Millerick ’02
  • Betty Cornish, Former staff
  • Angela Forte Cummings, Sister of Sarah E. Forte ’60
  • Donald Davidson, USJ Art Museum friend
  • Louis A. Dube, Former staff
  • Steven Fisher, Husband of Janet Pankiewicz Fisher ’79
  • Rev. Henry C. Frascadore, H’95, Former Trustee and Honorary Degree Holder
  • Delores Purnell Graham, Former Trustee
  • Helen Buckley Gray, H’97, Honorary degree recipient and Saint Catherine Society Member
  • Paul Giguere, Spouse of Jane A. Giguere ’52
  • Mary “Molly” Hinchman, Former Faculty
  • Robert M. Jeresaty, Friend of USJ
  • Gladys Johnson, Former staff
  • Roslyn Katz, Former staff
  • Father Terence Kristofak, C.P., Former Staff
  • Barbara E. Lacey, Ph.D., Faculty Emerita
  • Marion G. Mooney, Sister of Maureen Gorman ’86, DAA’19
  • Kathleen Murnane Callahan Lauria, Mount Saint Joseph Academy Graduate, Class of 1964
  • Michael H. Lucht, Husband of Rebecca Lucht, M’23
  • The Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford
  • Edward “Jack” John McCarthy, P’84, Parent of Lisa McCarthy ’84
  • Frances Medina, Mother of Monique Medina Pezic ’92, Frances Medina Paxi ’98, and Teresa Medina Consolini ’99
  • Peter Moore, Father of Kathleen Moore Fulton ’83, M’88 and Deirdre Moore ’92
  • Judith Votto Piazza, Sister of Louise Votto Ferrando ’69
  • Sultan Quraishi, Father of Faisal Quraishi
  • Marcel O. Rajotte, Widow of Janet O’Brien Rajotte ’58, DAA’99 (D)
  • Latif Bajram “Daja Rifat” Salihi, Uncle of Valentina Krasniqi ’22
  • Richard L. Schauster, Spouse of Marie Petrone Schauster ’69
  • Timothy Sheehan, Father of Laura Sheehan
  • John J. “Jack” Sheehan, Father-in-law of Laura Sheehan
  • Mavis Smith, Mother-in-law of Melanie J. Cecarelli ’78, DAA’15
  • Mark Steven Townsend, Spouse of Joan Gattinella Townsend ’85
  • Robert Walsh Sr., Father-in-law of Shawn Harrington
  • Kathleen Watroba, Former staff at Gengras Center

The following individuals were remembered in recent years

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