COLORADO SPRINGS. Benedictine Sister Mary John Thomas died Feb. 26 at age 90. A vigil will be held March 20 at 6 p.m. at Benet Hill Monastery, 3190 Bene Lane, 80921. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated March 21 at 10:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Peace Chapel at Benet Hill.

OMAHA, Neb. Jean M. Golka, younger sister of Bishop James Golka, died Feb. 28 in Omaha, Nebraska due to complications from a heart attack. She was 54 years old.

FRANKTOWN. Lynne Liotta, the wife of retired Deacon Tom Liotta, died Jan. 9 at age 79. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 16 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Castle Rock.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Jay Barnwell, who served as Director of Stewardship for Our Lady of the Pines Parish in the Black Forest section of Colorado Springs, died Dec. 21, 2022. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 13 at Our Lady of the Pines.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Kathy Jung, a longtime volunteer and employee at St. Mary’s High School and a member of St. Paul Parish, died Dec. 23 at age 61. 
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Jan. 5 at St. Paul, followed by burial at Pikes Peak National Cemetery.