Mary J. “Judy” Stattmiller
Funeral Mass for Mary J. “Judy” Stattmiller, 88, who died Wednesday, Aug. 21, was celebrated Friday, Aug. 30 at Columbus Our Lady of Peace Church. Burial was at Resurrection Cemetery, Lewis Center.
Stattmiller, one of the first certified social workers in Ohio, retired from St. Stephen’s Community House in Columbus, where she was its longtime executive director and served for more than 50 years. She considered setting up its day care center as her greatest accomplishment and was the first single woman in Franklin County to adopt a foreign child.
She was active in the funeral ministry and St. Vincent de Paul Society at her parish, was an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist at several parishes and sang in many church and community choirs. She also was a cafeteria worker at Our Lady of Peace School and Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School.
She was born in 1936 to John and Catherine (Hayes) Stattmiller, was a graduate of St. Mary of the Springs College (now Ohio Dominican University) and received a Master’s degree in social work from Ohio State University.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, James. Survivors include a son, William; a daughter, Laura (Steven) Niday; a brother, Father John Stattmiller, a retired priest of the Diocese of Columbus; sisters Clarissa Asp and Kathryn Ackland; and one grandson.
Father Nicholas L. Gregoris
Funeral Mass for Father Nicholas L. Gregoris, 52, a former professor at the Pontifical College Josephinum who died Wednesday, Aug. 21, was celebrated Monday, Aug. 26 at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Toms River, New Jersey.
He was born in New York on July 26, 1972 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in classical languages from Seton Hall University and his Bachelor’s degree in sacred theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1997 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Scranton, Pennsylvania and completed graduate studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College, receiving a licentiate in sacred theology in 1999 and a doctorate in 2001. He recently received a second doctorate in Catholic school administration from Pontifex University.
He became an assistant professor in 2002 at the Josephinum, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in theology and Latin.
He also was a high school teacher and did parochial work on weekends in the Diocese of Scranton and was the first full-time chaplain at Wyoming Catholic College. Before his death, he served at St. Andrew Church in downtown Manhattan.
He also wrote many articles for Catholic publications, wrote one book and translated two others, hosted a weekly radio program and conducted lectures and workshops on a variety of topics. His special area of interest was the liturgy and relations with Eastern Catholic churches, as reflected in his possession of faculties to celebrate in the Byzantine Rite.
ABRAMS-EVANS, Elizabeth “Betty” (McMullen), 86, Aug. 20
St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell
BAUM, Kimberly Anne, 50, Aug. 15
St. Mary Church, Delaware
BURCHETT, Lisa K., 66, August 13
St. Paul the Apostle, Westerville
CASANTA, Frank, 85, Aug. 17
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
COSS, Thomas A., 69, Aug. 22
Christ the King Church, Columbus
FONDRIEST, Dorothy “Sue” (Judy), 88, Aug. 14
St. Joseph Church, Dover
GRANLEE, Patricia Ann, 92, Aug. 20
St. Mary Church, Marion
HILL, Barbara J. (McTeague), 67, Aug 17
St. Rose of Lima Church, New Lexington
JOOS, Barbara Ann, 83, Aug. 17
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
LINDSEY, Rosemary, 85, Aug. 24
St. Paul the Apostle Church, Westerville
LINGNAU, Trudy W. (Worstein), 89, Aug. 23
St. Cecilia Church, Columbus
MOSER, Jeff, 76, Aug. 18
St. Joseph Church, Dover
MURPHY, John L., 85, Aug. 21
St. Catharine of Siena Church, Columbus
PENCE, Virginia P., 89, Aug. 24
Holy Family Church, Columbus
REEF, James G. “Jim,” 64, Aug. 18
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
ROACH, Ronald M., 89, Aug. 13
St. Josephine Bakhita Parish at St. Elizabeth Church, Columbus
ROMANO, Angela, 92, Aug. 19
St. Mary, Mother of God Church, Columbus
RUPP, Elizabeth A. (Kaltenbach), 94, Aug. 14
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus
SAPP, John “Jack,” 92, Aug. 5
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
SCALES, Dorothy, 86, July 26
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus
SEYMOUR, Julia A., 85, Aug. 17
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
SHANAHAN, Phyllis L. (Ogsbury), 100, Aug. 15
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
TEMPLE, Mary Ann, 96, Aug. 5
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
THOMPSON, Jan (Tanner), 92, Aug. 20
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
WINGENTER, Kathleen Marie, 76, Aug. 18
Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption, Lancaster
ZIDONIS, Dr. Frank, 94, June 16
St. Andrew Church, Columbus
