Sister Cathleen Ryan, OP
Funeral Mass for Sister Cathleen Ryan, OP, 94, who died Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Mohun Health Care Center in Columbus, was celebrated Saturday, March 4 at the Motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus.
She was born on Jan. 24, 1929 in New York City to the late Edwin and Catherine Ryan. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education in 1958 from the College of St. Mary of the Springs (now Ohio Dominican University), a Master of Science degree in secretarial science in 1963 from Hunter College in New York City and a Master of Arts degree in theology in 1977 from St. John’s University in New York City.
She entered the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now the Dominican Sisters of Peace) in 1954 and professed her vows on July 9, 1956, taking the name Sister Mary Campion.
In the Diocese of Columbus, she was a teacher at Columbus St. Thomas School (1958-1960) and Newark Catholic High School (1969-1971) and treasurer of St. Mary of the Springs College (1964-67). She also was a teacher and a religious education director at parishes in New York state and pastoral associate at parishes in Connecticut.
She entered the Motherhouse in 2014 and had been a resident of the Mohun center since 2017.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Paul. She is survived by brothers Msgr. George Ryan of the Diocese of Brooklyn and William Ryan.
Lawrence H. McCauley
Funeral Mass for Lawrence H. McCauley, 100, who died Tuesday, Feb. 21, was celebrated Saturday, Feb. 25 at Columbus St. Agatha Church. Burial was at Resurrection Cemetery, Lewis Center.
He was born on Sept. 4, 1922 in Lancaster to John and Stella McCauley. He graduated from Lancaster St. Mary High School in 1941, joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in Europe until 1945, taking part in the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach in 1944. He earned one Silver Star and five Bronze Stars among other medals, and in 2020 was made a member of the French Legion of Honor for his service.
He graduated from Ohio University in 1949 and from the Rutgers University graduate school of banking in 1975. He retired at age 65 from National City Bank (formerly Ohio National Bank) and became an active assistant at the Sugarbush Corp. in Columbus before his second retirement in 2014.
He was a past president of the diocesan Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club, the Catholic Laymen’s Retreat League and the St. Agatha Church Men’s Club, past commander of American Legion Post 82, past state treasurer and Buckeye Boys State banking chairman for the Legion, a life member of Knights of Columbus Council 1016, Catholic War Veterans Post 1936 and VFW Post 2374, an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, and a founder and first treasurer of the Columbus Bishop Watterson High School Athletic Association, which named him to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Mary Ann; brothers James, John, Paul and Frank; and sisters Mary Wagonseller and Rose Boch. Survivors include sons Edward, John, Daniel, Dennis, James and Thomas; daughters Kathryn Ubbing and Mary Ruth Ann Connor; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
BROWN, Thomas M., 65. Feb. 27
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
COLEMAN, Dr. Deborah (Dye), 76, Feb. 17
Christ the King Church, Columbus
CONROY. Charles “Chic,” 76, Feb. 10
St. Thomas Church, Columbus
DAILEY, Virginia L. (Dixon), 80, Feb. 18
Church of the Resurrection, New Albany
DeSANTIS, Nicholas C. II, 72, Feb. 26
St. Timothy Church, Columbus
DOSSMAN, Arthur J., 91, March 1
St. Joseph Church, Circleville
FONDALE, Carl Ed, 76, Feb. 2
St. Patrick Church, Junction City
GALLO, Robert N., 96, Feb. 23
St. Brendan Church, Hilliard
GIRBERT, Louise A. “Lois” (Rader), 81, Feb. 19
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Grove City
GROOM, Joseph P. Jr., 71, March 1
St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester
JEFFRIES, Josephine R. (Adolph), 96, Feb. 11
St. Stephen Church, Columbus
KEISTER, Harold E. “Gene,” 92, Feb. 21
St. Rose of Lima, New Lexington
LOOMIS, Theresa F., 74, Feb. 23
St. Catharine Church, Columbus
MAGALSKI, Frank W., 82, Feb. 15
St. Peter Church, Columbus
McKENZIE, Winifred J., 99, Feb. 24
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
PANICO, Marion V. “Mitzi,” (Russell), 93, Feb. 12
St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell
PRESLER, Theresa R. (Columbro), 99, formerly of Columbus, Feb. 19
Our Lady of Victory Church, Tallmadge
PRESSEY, John Benedict, 86, Feb. 17
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
RONAN, Joan Marie, 81, Feb. 18
St. Francis de Sales Church, Newark
SALAHUB, Michael J. Sr., 101, Feb. 19
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
SHORT, Sara Frances, 88, Feb. 20
St. Joseph Church, Circleville
SNIDER, Donald Joseph “Don,” 96, Feb. 18
St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville
SPICER, Chastine (Lowery), 92, Feb. 4
St. Bernard Church, Corning
VALVANO, Anne (LaVista), 92, Feb. 28
St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin
WEAR, Suzanne “Bean” (Bockelman), 60, Feb. 17
St. Agatha Church, Columbus
