Obituaries

Please submit in writing to our office by 10 a.m. Thursday before the week of publication; be sure to state date of death. Obituaries of archdiocesan priests serving our archdiocese are listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Order priests and religious sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are natives of the archdiocese or have other connections to it; those are separate obituaries on this page.

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ACKERMAN, Edward L., 88, St. Mary, New Albany, Aug. 16. Father of Carol Hentchel, Craig and Neil Ackerman. Grandfather of five.

BAURLEY, Lynn, 73, Prince of Peace, Madison, Sept. 30. Mother of Lisa Baurley, Tammy Linville and Amy Rodriguez. Daughter of Joan Geisler. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of three.

BEAGLE, Christopher A., 62, St. Mary, Greensburg, Oct. 4. Husband of Suzanne Beagle. Father of Emily Bruns and Greg Beagle. Brother of Karen Meyer, Kathy Porter and Rick Beagle. Grandfather of two.

BELLUSH, John D., 87, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Sept. 28. Father of Karen Harmon and Beth Washel. Brother of Jeri Anderson, Johann Klumpp and Jim Bellush. Grandfather of four.

BRONNERT, Joseph L., 85, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Sept. 20. Father of Kelly Bronnert and Karen Shepherd. Brother of Lois Bronnert. Grandfather of one. Great-grandfather of three.

CROSSIN, James A., 84, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 25. Husband of Marybeth Crossin. Father of Colleen Bill, Katie Coogan, Peggy Poole, James and Patrick Crossin. Brother of Carol Whitley. Grandfather of 14.

DEWELL, William S., 77, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Indianapolis, Sept. 29. Husband of Sharon Dewell. Father of Brandon, Darren, Randal, Ryan and Thomas Dewell. Grandfather of 10.

DOYLE, F. Stephen, 82, St. Simon the Apostle, Indianapolis, Sept. 18. Husband of Sylvia Doyle. Father of Stephanie Petrous, Melissa and Donald Doyle. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of one.

HUBER, Jerry, 64, St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville, Sept. 30. Father of Lisa Klingsmith and Jamie Huber. Son of Henrietta Huber. Brother of Judy Garber, Karen Langdon, Bob and Tim Huber. Grandfather of five.

KAISER, Phyllis J., 73, St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, Sept. 21. Aunt and great-aunt of several.

MINNICK, Theresa M., 78, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Sept. 20. Wife of Carl Minnick. Mother of Michelle Green, JoAnne McCann and Gregory Minnick. Sister of Cathy Thompson, Carl and Michael Witsken. Grandmother of four.

SCHAEFER, Richard, 88, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, March 13. Father of Katie Edmunds, Laura Fox and Richard H. Schaefer. Brother of Jack Schaefer. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of two.

SCHERSCHEL, Maxine, 92, St. Mary, Mitchell, Aug. 5. Mother of Dianna Duncan, Sharon Shock, Karon Werbin, Beth, Rose, Buddy and Dennis Scherschel. Sister of Robert Curren. Grandmother of 20. Great-grandmother of 29.

STONE, Jr., William I., 76, Immaculate Conception, Millhousen, Sept. 28. Brother of Toni Collins, Julie Gilland, Cindy Mauer, Rita Peters, Jean Treadway, David, Ken, Steve and Tim Stone. Uncle, great-uncle and great-great-uncle of several.

VEERKAMP, Carl W., 85, St. Mary, Greensburg, Oct. 1. Father of Shirley Becker, Karen Koors, Carl, Robert and Ron Veerkamp. Grandfather of 11. Great-grandfather of 12.

WILSON, Gordon R., 99, St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville, Sept. 27. Father of Rosemary Lewis, Janet Ransdell, Margaret Summerville, James and Robert Wilson. Grandfather of 10. Great-grandfather of 18.

Providence Sister Agnes Maureen Badura served in Catholic education for 47 years

Providence Sister Agnes Maureen Badura, a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, died on Sept. 24 at Mother Theodore Hall on the campus her religious community’s motherhouse. She was 92.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Oct. 6 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at the motherhouse in St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.

Sister Agnes Maureen was born on April 3, 1930, in Chicago. She entered the Sisters of Providence on July 22, 1947, and professed final vows on Jan. 23, 1955.

Sister Agnes Maureen earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in the same field at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

During her 75 years as a member of the Sisters of Providence, Sister Agnes Maureen ministered in Catholic schools for 47 years in schools in California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. In addition to serving in education, she also ministered in leadership in a province of the Sisters of Providence and the community’s business office. She also volunteered in a ministry to the developmentally disabled in the Archdiocese of Chicago before retiring to the motherhouse in 2011

In the archdiocese, Sister Agnes Maureen served at St. Philip Neri School from 1958-61, the central business office of the Sisters of Providence from 1995-2001 and the Wabash Valley Health Center in Terre Haute from 2012-14.

Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876. †