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Landry, Gerald J. (Brother)

Landry, Gerald J. Jesuit Brother Gerald J. Landry died on Dec. 6, 2014, of heart failure at St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Pavilion at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. He moved to Grand Coteau less than a week ago because of rapidly declining heath. His physical condition worsened quickly and he died shortly after. Br. …

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Grollmes, Eugene E. (Father)

Grollmes, Eugene E. Jesuit Father Eugene E. Grollmes died on July 23, 2014, in St. Louis. He was 82 years old and a Jesuit for nearly 63 years. Born in Seneca, Kansas, on Nov. 9, 1931, Fr. Grollmes entered the Society of Jesus at St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, Missouri, on Aug. 8, 1951. He …

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Griffin, Robert E. (Father)

Griffin, Robert E. Jesuit Father Robert E. Griffin died Jan. 14, 2014, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, Calif., at the age of 83. Fr. Griffin was born in Omaha, Neb., on March 17, 1930, the son of Ray Griffin and Catherine Owens Griffin. The family moved to Pasadena, Calif., when Fr. Griffin …

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Garry, Brian (Father)

Jesuit Father Brian Garry died May 16, 2019 in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. He was 73 years old, a Jesuit for 44 years and a priest for 36 years. Fr. Garry was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on June 27, 1945, to John N. and Helen Moorhouse Garry. In addition to his parents, he was …

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Fisher, David T. (Father)

Fisher, David T. Jesuit Father David (Ted) T. Fisher, 91, former professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, died July 16, 2014, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, California, after a brief illness. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on September 3, 1922, Fr. Fisher entered the Jesuits in 1940 after graduation from Loyola …

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Elsner, Martin L. (Father)

Elsner, Martin L. Jesuit Father Martin L. Elsner died on Feb. 4, 2018, in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was 86 years old, a Jesuit for 68 years and a priest for 55 years. Fr. Elsner was born in St. Louis on Sept. 1, 1931 to Martin L. Elsner, Sr. and Mary Gerometta Elsner. In addition to …

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Corrigan, J. David (Father)

Jesuit Father J. David Corrigan died March 6, 2018 in St. Louis. He was 83 years old, a Jesuit for 65 years and a priest for 52 years. Fr. Corrigan was born in Springfield, Illinois, on Nov. 1, 1934, to John James Corrigan and Bernadine Gorey Corrigan. He is preceded in death by his parents …

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Cazayoux, Clair M. (Father)

Jesuit Father Clair M. Cazayoux, died on Sept. 30, 2018, in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. He was 88 years old, a Jesuit for 69 years and a priest for 56 years. Fr. Cazayoux was born to James Numa Cazayoux and Mable Inez Decuir Cazayoux, on Jan. 5, 1930, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In addition to his …

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Cassidy, Bernard F. (Father)

Cassidy, Bernard F. Jesuit Father Bernard F. Cassidy, 96, died Sept. 15, 2013, in Regis Infirmary, Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, Calif. A Jesuit since 1954, he recently celebrated his 50th anniversary of priestly ordination. Fr. Cassidy was born in Los Angeles in 1917 and was a 1940 graduate of Santa Clara University, …

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Dorsey, Alois H. (Brother)

Jesuit Brother Alois H. Dorsey died Feb. 20, 2017 in St. Louis. He was 88 years of age and a Jesuit for 67 years. He was born in St. Louis on Feb. 26, 1928 to Eugene Dorsey and Theresa Goestenkors Dorsey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, James …

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