Edward M. Nemeth (Father)

Ed was born on October 24, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated from Gesu Catholic School and Saint Ignatius High School (1949). He entered the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus on August 18, 1949, at Milford, Ohio. He was ordained on June 17, 1965, at Colombiere College in Clarkston, Mich., and professed final vows on February 2, 1974, in Detroit, Mich.

As a Jesuit, Ed earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and Latin (1956) from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala. He earned a master’s degree (1960) and doctorate (1962) in chemistry from Loyola University Chicago. Ed also completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. (1967-1968).

After finishing his post-doctoral studies, Ed was a professor of chemistry at the University of Detroit Mercy (1968-1975). He then spent the rest of his Jesuit life in pastoral ministries. He led individuals in the Spiritual Exercises while he was a retreat and spiritual director at Colombiere Center (1976-1980), worked as the Detroit Province coordinator for Horizons for Justice (1980-1981), and served as the director of the University of Detroit Mercy’s Romero Center, where he also performed retreat ministry (1981-1987).

Ed also spent many years in parish ministry. He was associate pastor of Gesu Catholic Church in Detroit (1987-1993), did pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich. (1993-1996), and was associate pastor of Church of the Gesu in University Heights, Ohio (1996-2002). In January 2003, Ed moved to Colombiere Center to care for his health.

VISITATION
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
4 – 7 p.m.
Prayer Service at 7 p.m.
Colombiere Center
9075 Big Lake Road
Clarkston, MI 48346-1015FUNERAL
Thursday, August 27, 2015
11 a.m.
Colombiere Center
9075 Big Lake Road
Clarkston, MI 48346-1015