In Memoriam

Fr. Peter Hereley, OP died on February 3, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois and was buried in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines. He was 94 years old.

Fr. Michael Champlin, OP died on November 21, 2022 at his home at the Thomas More Center for Preaching and Prayer in Webster, Wisconsin. He was 83 years old.

On November 19, 2022, Fr. Richard John Woods, OP went to the mercy of God. Richard died peacefully in Tallaght, Ireland, where he had been hospitalized for several months due to brain and neck injuries resulting from falls. He is buried in the Dominican cemetery there. He was 81 years old.

Fr. Vincent Blake, OP died on November 26, 2022 and is buried at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois. He was 97 years old.

Father John Louis Gambro, O.P. died peacefully on Sunday, September 19, 2021, at Resurrection Village Life Center, Chicago, Illinois after a long illness. The Mass of the Resurrection will be on Thursday, September 23, beginning at 10:00 AM (preceded by the Office of the Dead) at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1530 Jackson Avenue, River Forest, Il.

Brother Stephen Lucas passed away on July 7, 2021, at Resurrection Village Life Center in Chicago. He was 89 years old. Brother Stephen was born Donald Floyd Lucas in Racine, Wisconsin, the son of Walter and Marcella Lucas. He is survived by his sister, Virginia (Norm) Chester, of Fort Meyers Beach, Florida.

Father Paul James (Jude) Johnson, OP died on May 7, 2020 at St. Mary Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Chicago. Paul was 88 years old.