COLORADO SPRINGS. Linda Visinsky, who served as office manager for Holy Apostles Parish from 1991 to 2006, died March 18 at age 79 in Colorado Springs. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 4 at Holy Apostles, followed by burial at the Air Force Academy Cemetery. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Franciscan Sister Winifred Moersen died March 27 at age 97 at Mount St. Francis Nursing Center. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 5 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, followed by burial in Mount St. Francis Cemetery.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Deacon David Sekel died March 11 at age 72 due to renal cell cancer.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated April 5 at 10 a.m. at Divine Redeemer Church, with Bishop James Golka presiding.

DENVER. Capuchin Father Michael Suchnicki died Feb. 20 at age 86. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 28 at St. Bernadette Parish in Lakewood. Burial followed at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Wheat Ridge.

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. Dr. Michael O’Donnell, an Episcopal priest who worked with Catholic Charities of Central Colorado for several years and wrote a regular column in The Colorado Catholic Herald, died Feb. 15 in Ogdensburg, New York.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Joyce Stolberg, consecrated virgin in the Diocese of Colorado Springs since 2011, died Feb. 3. Arrangements are as follows:

Rosary will be recited on Monday, Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m., with Bishop James Golka presiding. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Memorial Gardens.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Father Jim Klein, who served as pastor of Divine Redeemer Parish for nearly a decade, died Jan. 7 at age 66 as the result of a heart ailment.

A rosary will take place Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 22 W. Kiowa St., followed by a funeral vigil at 5:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, followed by internment at Evergreen Cemetery.

(Update 2/7/2025) Video of Fr. Klein's funeral may be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YzZ05defk&t=161s

SEDALIA. Sister of Mercy Peg Maloney died Jan. 2 at age 70. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 11 at Regis Chapel in Denver. Burial followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. Rev. Thomas Francis Lemos, C.S.C., 76, died at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Ind. on Dec. 30, 2024, after a short illness. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 6 at Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Notre Dame. Burial followed at the Congregation of Holy Cross cemetery in Notre Dame.

COLORADO SPRINGS.  Mary Ann Lamecker, a longtime employee of St. Patrick Parish, died Oct. 19.