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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BANGUIS, Dr. Eliseo T., 85, St. Jude, Indianapolis. Husband of Lucia Banguis, Nov. 17. Father of Noreen Cagle, Eileen Thomason, Jennifer Randall and Chris Banguis. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of two.

BECKER, James A., 69, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Bright, Oct. 30. Husband of Susan Becker. Father of Therese Born. Brother of Raymond Becker. Grandfather of five.

BERLIER, Carol, 84, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Nov. 17. Wife of Jack Berlier. Mother of Beth, Julie and Doug Berlier. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of four.

CASSE, Norma Jean, 90, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Nov. 7. Mother of Joan Carlson, Jennifer Hohlt, Michael and Steve Casse. Grandmother of 14. Great-grandmother of 10. Great-great-grandmother of one.

EVANS, Margaret A., 75, St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County, Nov. 15. Wife of David Evans. Mother of Katherine Boyce, Gail Cathey, Lisa McDonald, Natalie Pardue, Jean Stevens, Jeremy and Joshua Evans. Grandmother and great-grandmother of several.

FEDOR, Naomi L., 74, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 7. Wife of Jody Fedor. Mother of Brian and Chris Fedor. Sister of Philip Smith. Grandmother of four.

FRTIZ, Jr., Oscar A., 86, Holy Family, New Albany, Oct. 31. Husband of Kathleen Fritz. Father of Vickie Elder, Jacqui, Ronnie and Terry Fritz. Brother of Millie, Bob and Steve Fritz. Grandfather of five. Great-grandfather of nine.

GLENN, Linda M., 75, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Greenwood, Nov. 8. Wife of Michael Glenn. Mother of Paula Glenn-Tharp and Patrick Glenn. Grandmother of seven. Great-grandmother of one.

HUTCHINSON, Joan, 90, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Nov. 14. Mother of Kathy Hedlund and Tom Frazier. Sister of Donna Monahan and Joe Brosnan. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of five.

MAXWELL, John J., 95, Good Shepherd, Indianapolis, Nov. 4. Husband of Margaret Mary Maxwell. Father of Catherine Bonadurer, Jane Hughes, Marnie, Mary, John III and Thomas Maxwell. Brother of Mary Jane Biro, Paula Koch and Michael Maxwell. Grandfather of 10. Great-grandfather of five.

MORIARTY, Mary I., 92, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Nov. 13. Wife of Denis Moriarty, Sr. Mother of Aidan, Brendan, David, Denis, Jr., and Gerard Moriarty. Grandmother of nine.

OSTING, Walter, 87, St. Mary, Rushville, Nov. 15. Father of Julia Connolly, Tina Hidde and Elizabeth Voorhees. Grandfather of nine. Great-grandfather of four.

POWERS, Richard, 62, St. Mary, Greensburg, Nov. 14. Father of Krystal Timmerman. Brother of Judy Anderson, Barb Christianson, Pat Dehner, Kathy Farr, Chris and Marilyn Helms, Ginny Rose, Lisa Sweezey, Sandy Russell, Bill and Mike Powers. Grandfather of five.

SCHMIDT, Collin S., 33, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Nov. 10. Son of Linda Schmidt. Brother of Griffin Schmidt. Grandson of Donald and Patricia Schmidt.

SCHREINER, Dorothy I., 90, St. Mary, Greensburg, Nov. 12. Mother of Paula Bales, Patricia Matus, Edward and Frank Schreiner, Jr. Sister of Norma Schreiner. Grandmother of eight.

WOLFE, Betty Jean, 80, St. Mary of the Knobs, Floyd County, Nov. 13. Sister of Flora Jacobi and Charles Wolfe. Aunt of several.

YOUNG, Roxanne L., age 1, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Indianapolis, Nov. 12. Daughter of Robert and Anahi Young. Sister of June and Cooper Young. Granddaughter of Bernardino and Lucia Arias and Robert Young.

Providence Sister Regina Ann Lynch served in Catholic schools for 46 years

Providence Sister Regina Ann Lynch, a member of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, died on Nov. 15 at Mother Theodore Hall on the campus of her religious community’s motherhouse. She was 91.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Nov. 29 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at the motherhouse in St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.

Sister Regina Ann was born on March 25, 1931, in Indianapolis where she grew up as a member of St. Anthony Parish and graduated from the former St. John Academy. She entered the Sisters of Providence on Feb. 2, 1948, and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1955.

Sister Regina Ann earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a master’s degree in education at Indiana State University in Terre Haute.

During her 74 years as a member of the Sisters of Providence, Sister Regina Ann ministered in Catholic schools for 46 years in Illinois, Indiana and North Carolina. In 1996, she became a certified nurse’s assistant and ministered at the former St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove for five years before doing volunteer ministry at St. Anthony Parish in Indianapolis for four years.

Sister Regina Ann retired to the motherhouse in 2006, where she volunteered for many years at Providence Health Care. She dedicated herself entirely to prayer beginning in 2018.

In the archdiocese, Sister Regina Ann served in Indianapolis as a teacher at Our Lady of the Greenwood School in Greenwood from 1955-58, St. Patrick School in Terre Haute from 1958-60, St. Paul School (now

St. John Paul II School) in Sellersburg from 1966-67, and at All Saints School (now St. Anthony School) in Indianapolis from 1979-96. She ministered at the former St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove from 1996-2002, did volunteer ministry at St. Anthony Parish in Indianapolis from 2002-06 and at Providence Health Care at St. Mary-of-the-Woods from 2006-18.

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. †