Jerry Schweitzer

Celebrated 42 yrs as priest on August 28th. Am pastor of three parish communities in the Diocese of Gary IN. Been involved in Retreat work, biblical studies and Lecturer. It has been fantastic journey. I have a Facebook Jerry Schweitzer with a boat in harbor Lake Michigan as logo. I am invoked in photography as a hobby.  Thanks for taking the time to connect.  Hope to share more and hear more from others.
With my prayerful best.  Jerry. 

Michael Mertaugh

I graduated from Kalamazoo College in 1968, and the same year married a college classmate, went to work in Washington DC, and got drafted into the Army.  I finished a PhD in economics at the University of Michigan in 1975, went to Seattle and worked for four years at the Battelle Institute and climbed many of the peaks in the Cascades.  We drove across the country with three small children in 1979 to take up a job in New York with the Population Council (working mostly on population and development issues in Africa), then moved to Washington DC in 1981 to accept a job at the World Bank, where I have been ever since.  Over the past 22 years, I have worked on development projects in Morocco, China, Indonesia, Jordan, Turkey, Bosnia, Serbia, and many other countries.  These days, most of my work is in Central Asia – in Kyrgyzstan, where I am developing a project to improve rural schools throughout the country.  I’m also developing a project to provide educational opportunities for the Roma (gypsies) of Central and Eastern Europe. 

My passions are ballet, ice dance, mountain climbing, classical guitar, bluegrass, and woodworking.  I’m looking forward to retirement so I can go back to school – including refreshing the Latin I learned with Mrs. Vincent, taking up ancient Greek, ancient history, and architecture – and return to archeological explorations in the Aegean that we started during a three-year stint in Turkey a few years back.  I’m also looking forward to continuing to act as an extra in ballet performances at the Kennedy Center.  And also looking forward to spending more time with my new granddaughter in Vermont.  

Joe Kolb R.I.P.

Joseph R. Kolb

ELKHART - Joseph Robert Kolb, 63, of Elkhart, died at 9:48 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at his residence.

He was born July 14, 1945, in East Chicago, Ind., the son of Clarence and Betty Seroczynski Kolb. He married Jeanine Czepiel in 1966 in Hammond, Ind. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Mr. Kolb was a CNA at the Villa Healthcare East Nursing Home in Sherman and was also owner and operator of Elkhart Oil. He was a member of St. Patrick's Church of Elkhart for many years, serving as Eucharist minister and CCD teacher. He was also a Dominican associate. He was a volunteer fireman in Elkhart and a 4-H leader, tee ball and softball coach. He also loved fishing, horses, dogs and music, especially the piano.

Surviving are his wife, Jeanine Kolb of Elkhart; two daughters, Maura (Suzanne) Kolb of Missouri City, Texas, and Bethany (Tim) Romer of Bloomington; a son, Joseph (Nancy) Kolb of Petersburg; four grandchildren, Bradey, Christian and Kendra Kolb and Timothy Joseph Romer; two brothers, Justin (Barbara) Kolb of New York, and Edward (Bonnie) Kolb of Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held from 3-7 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski and from 9 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Friday, May 29, 2009, at Christ the King Church in Springfield with Monsignor David S. Lantz officiating. Interment will be in Elkhart Cemetery in Elkhart. 
 

Published in The State Journal-Register (Illinois) from 5/27/2009 - 5/28/2009

John Ebert R.I.P.

John Herbert Ebert 

Obituary

EBERT, John Herbert, age 64, of Chester, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2009. He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, son of the late Herbert and Laura Wettstein Ebert. Mr. Ebert was a teacher at Carter G. Woodson Middle School and a retired Sergeant Major with the United States Air Force. Mr. Ebert is survived by his wife, Wanda K. Ebert; daughters, Wendy S. Dorf and husband, David, of Austin, Texas and Cindy S. Bridges and husband, Daniel, of Dinwiddie, Virginia; grandchildren, Zachary, Allison, and Jonathan Dorf, all of Austin, and Katelyn and Jacob Bridges, both of Dinwiddie; sister, Mary Meier and husband, Eugene, of Wisconsin; and nieces, Carrie Hamer and husband, Paul, of Richmond, Virginia, Chris Buell and husband, John, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Cathy Hernandez and husband, Scott, of St. Louis, Missouri. A memorial service will take place at the Chesterfield Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73123-1718. Condolences to the family may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com. 

Published in Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 4, 2009

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Guy Thoren R.I.P.

Rev. Guy S. Thoren

July 8, 2012

The Mining Journal 

MARQUETTE, Mich. - Rev. Guy S. Thoren, 66, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 17, 2011, in Largo, Florida, after a short illness. Fr. Thoren served as a priest in the Diocese of Marquette prior to his retirement to Florida.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 13, 2011, at 11 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church with the Rev. Larry Van Damme officiating and concelebrated by priests of the Diocese of Marquette. Deacons Gregg St. John, Scott Jamieson and Warren Vonck will assist. The Thoren family will greet relatives and friends at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of the Mass. Burial will take place in the Holy Cross Cemetery.

Those wishing to make an expression of sympathy are kindly asked to consider St. Louis the King Catholic Church Building Fund or St. Louis the King Council 
#6447 Knights of Columbus 264 Silver Creek Road, Marquette, MI 49855.