+Michael J. Mendola, OFM Conv.

 

+ Friar Michael J. Mendola, OFM Conv.

REST IN PEACE:

This post is one of many tribute pages found on my blog created to honor significant family members, friends, and loved ones who have passed from this life to the next . . .

+ Michael J. Mendola (my wonderful confrere and confidant)

Date/place of birth: December 21, 1948, Kenmore, New York

Date/place of death: September 11, 2009, New York, New York

 

Burial: Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York, USA, Plot sec Circle 3  (Michael is buried in the same grave with his identical twin brother, also a friar).

– Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

+Sr. Joyce Ross, DC

 

REST IN PEACE:

This post is one of many tribute pages found on my blog created to honor significant family members, friends, and loved ones who have passed from this life to the next . . .

+ Sr. Joyce Ross, DC (a gentle sister who greatly inspired me!)

Date/place of birth: September 26, 1932, Richmond, Virginia

Date/place of death: February 8, 2009, Emmitsburg, Maryland

Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Maryland

 

**Sr. Joyce lived in the Infirmary of the St. Joseph Provincial House of the Daughters of Charity.  I knew her from my time as a college student at Mount St. Mary's, Emmitsburg.  Sr. Joyce was a leader of the New Jerusalem Prayer Group that met at the Provincial House every Thursday evening in those days. I attended those meetings regularly.

– Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.