Father Vincent L. Campi died October 7, 2012, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling at the age of 92.

Father Campi was born June 28, 1920, in New York to Dionisius and Anna Madonna Campi.

Father Campi made his preparatory studies for the priesthood at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore. Father Campi was ordained for the Diocese of Richmond, Va., at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on December 1, 1945.

Parishes in the Diocese of Richmond where he served include: Blessed Sacrament Parish in Alexandria, Va.; St. James Parish in Falls Church, Va.; Sacred Heart Parish in Norfolk, Va.; Our Lady of Nazareth Parish in Roanoke, Va.; St. John Parish in Warrenton, Va., where he was instrumental in building a new church; and St. Joseph Parish in Martinsville, Va..

In 1973, Father Campi became pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Ridgeley, where he served until his appointment in 1983 as pastor of St. Peter Parish in Harper’s Ferry.

Father Campi retired from active ministry on June 20, 1995.

In January 1996, he was called to be the chaplain of the Visitation Academy of Frederick, Md., until September 2006. He referred to his students of the academy as his “little angels.”

Father Campi is survived by nieces and nephews Robert Campi and his wife Kerry of Burbank, Calif.; Jeannine Campi also of Burbank; Sally Campi of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Tom Campi of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Tim Campi of Ypsilanti, Mich.; and two dear friends, Donald and Carole Deegan McKinney of Frederick.

The Mass of Christian burial was celebrated October 10 at the Bishops Chapel at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling with Msgr. Frederick P. Annie, V.G., as celebrant. Burial followed at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Visitation Academy, 200 E. 2nd St., Frederick, MD 21701. Online condolences may be extended to the family at www.altmeyer.com.

Father Andrew F. Lukas, 88, of Monongah died Saturday night, October 13, 2012, at Fairmont General Hospital. He was born in Ostrovany, Czechoslovakia, on December 1, 1923, the son of the late Joseph S. and Barbara M. Lukas.

Father spent his early childhood in his ancestral home in Slovakia; he attended the village school, transferring to St. Charles Seminary to begin his long journey to the priesthood. As a young boy in Slovakia, he was unaware of how long this journey would be. With WWII on the horizon, the young seminarians were incarcerated by the Nazis for saving Jews from concentration camps and death. Upon the end of WWII, the United States liberated these seminarians, but soon after, the Russians were placed in charge of Eastern Europe which let to their incarceration again. After years of suffering under Nazism and Communism, Father Lukas was freed by the U.S. Embassy.

Father Lukas attended SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Mich., from 1949 to 1952; Mt. St Mary’s Seminary in Norwood, Ohio, from 1952 to 1956; and Lateran University in Rome from 1956 to 1958. He was ordained for the Diocese of Kosice, Slovakia—his home diocese—by Archbishop Andrew Pancrazio on September 21, 1958, in Rome.

Father Lukas came to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston on November 4, 1958, and was incardinated into the diocese April 16, 1962.

Father Lukas served at St. John Parish in Benwood, St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in Vienna, St. Boniface Parish in Camden, St. Joseph Parish in Fairmont and Holy Spirit Parish in Monongah. He also taught at Bishop Donahue Memorial High School in McMechen and served as chaplain to the Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree, and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Father Lukas retired from active ministry on June 22, 1994.

The Mass of Christian burial was celebrated October 19 with Bishop Michael J. Bransfield as the main celebrant and homilist. Interment followed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Fairmont.

Condolences may be sent to www.rossfh.com.

Father Jerome Dominic Rawa, SM, died early Wednesday morning, October 10, 2012, at the age of 84 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling. He had been suffering with esophageal cancer for a number of months.

Father Rawa was born in Hilltown, Pa., on December 11, 1927, and he attended Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Elementary School in the same town. Upon graduating from the eighth grade in 1942, he felt called to study for the priesthood and so entered St. Mary’s Manor in nearby South Langhorne, Pa., the minor seminary of the Marist Fathers and Brothers. He did four years of high school and two years of college there, and then studied for a year at the Marist novitiate in Staten Island, N.Y. At the completion of that novitiate year, Father Rawa professed his first vows in the Society of Mary, September 8, 1949.

As a newly professed Marist, Jerome Rawa now began his priestly studies of philosophy and theology at Marist College in Washington, D.C., and at the Marist Seminary in Framingham, Mass. He was ordained a priest by Marist Bishop Michael J. Keyes, SM, on February 6, 1955, in Washington. Father Rawa earned a B.A. degree in philosophy from Marist Seminary in Framingham, Mass., and an M.A. in education from Villanova University in Philadelphia in 1956.

The first part of Father Rawa’s ministry was devoted to education. He taught at the minor seminary that he had attended, St. Mary’s Manor (1955 to 1958) and then at St. Peter Chanel High School in Bedford, Ohio.  There followed another year of teaching at Immaculata Seminary, the minor seminary for the diocese of Lafayette, La., in 1960 to 1960, and then a return to Chanel High School in Ohio for six years, 1961 to 1967. Completing the teaching part of his ministry, Father Rawa returned to St. Mary’s Manor in Penndel, Pa., from 1967 to 1979.

The second phase of Father Rawa’s work in the Lord’s vineyard could be called essentially pastoral, as he began helping in the parish of St. Isidore Church in Quakertown, Pa., from 1979 to 1980.  He then dedicated his priestly service to the sick and infirm as a chaplain in St. Mary Hospital, Langhorne, from 1980 to 1991.  His final assignment was as pastoral associate and later pastor at Holy Family Church in Richwood. He stayed there for a little over 20 years, dedicating the last years of his life to the parishioners and, in fact, to all the residents of the small, rural town in central West Virginia.

Father Rawa’s personal simplicity and humility endeared him to everyone he met, and all were struck by his generosity, his patience and his constant good cheer. Although he aged gracefully, the last year of his life was marked with physical ailments, including especially cancer of the esophagus. He sought treatment locally and in Wheeling. In January, 2012, he left Holy Family Church for Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling, where he could receive comprehensive treatment for his illness and support from the many Marists in the Wheeling area.

As he gradually declined through the end of summer, his spirits remained ever positive, as verified by his multiple visitors. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 10, he slipped away to his eternal reward fortified by the Sacraments and rituals of Holy Mother Church. Father Jerome Rawa leaves behind two sisters, two brothers, a sister-in-law and numerous nephews and nieces and his Marist brothers in the Society of Mary.

The Mass of Christian burial was celebrated October 16 in the Good Shepherd Chapel at Good Shepherd Nursing Home. Interment followed in the Marist section of Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling.

Sister Mary (Mary Philip) Cremin, CSJ, the seventh of eight children of the late Timothy and Hannah O’Neill Cremin, was born in Coolclough, Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland, on September 2, 1924. She completed her elementary education at Dromagh School in County Cork and her secondary education at St. Brigid’s in Callan, County Kilkenny. She died at Mount St. Joseph, Wheeling, on August 22, 2012, at the age of 87. 

Mary entered the Congregation of St. Joseph in Wheeling on February 19, 1946. Upon her reception into the novitiate, she received the name of Sister Mary Philip. On August 19, 1948, she made her first profession of vows of chastity, poverty and obedience as a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph. 

Sister Mary earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. She served as a teacher in Catholics schools of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston for 48 years. She taught at St. Mary’s in Clarksburg; St. John’s in Benwood; St. Peter’s in Fairmont; Blessed Trinity and Corpus Christi in Wheeling; and a total of 21 years at St. Francis Xavier in Moundsville. She also served as assistant house-mother at St. Vincent’s Home in Wheeling. She retired to Mount St. Joseph in 1996, where she was engaged in community service and prayer ministry.

In addition to her parents, Sister Mary was preceded in death by her brothers Timothy, Patrick, Denis, Philip and Charles; and her sisters Eleanor Cullinane and Nora Lynch. In addition to Congregation of St. Joseph sisters, she is survived by several nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews and cousins.

 The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated August 29 in the Mount St. Joseph Chapel. Interment followed in the Sisters of St. Joseph section of Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling.

Father Robert C. Nash, who served as vicar general of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston for 28 years, died July 31 at the age of 88. He was born in Huntington on Feb. 2, 1924, to C.J. and Agnes Rose Nash.

Father Nash is a 1941 graduate of St. Joseph Central Catholic High School in Huntington. He received a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from St. Mary Seminary and University in Baltimore in 1948 and was ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1948, by Archbishop John J. Swint at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling.  Father Nash served in both parish ministry and diocesan administrative services. He was appointed associate pastor of All Saints Parish in Bridgeport and its missions in 1948. From 1955 to 1958, he served as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Salem, St. Patrick Parish in West Union, St. Joseph Parish in Pennsboro and St. William Parish in Cairo. From 1958 to 1968, he served as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Star City and St. Ursula Parish in Pursglove.  Father Nash was appointed vice chancellor of the diocese in 1968 and then as chancellor in 1976. He was also appointed vicar general of the diocese and vicar for religious for the diocese in 1969. He was also a member of the Diocesan Finance Council and served as a diocesan consultor. He served as president of the National Conference of Vicars for Religious from 1986 to 1990 and was a member of the Canon Law Society of America, the Society of American Archivists and the United States Catholic Historical Society.

Upon retirement from active ministry in June 1997, Father Nash moved to Virginia to be near family members. He provided pastoral assistance at the Church of the Visitation in Deltaville, Va., and at other parishes in the Tidewater and Richmond, Va., areas.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2012, at the Church of the Visitation. Visitation at the Bishop’s Chapel at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling will be held from 10 a.m. until noon on Aug. 7 with the Rite of Committal celebrated at noon.

Father James J. Murphy died in Ireland on July 24.

Father Murphy was born July 7, 1929, and was a native of Clonmel, Ireland. He was ordained a priest April 18, 1954, in Kiltegan, Ireland, by Bishop Heffernan for the St. Patrick Society in Ireland. He completed his preparatory studies at St. Joseph C.B.S. in Dublin and attended St. Patrick College in Kiltegan, Ireland, where he focused on philosophical and theological studies.

Father Murphy came to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Feb. 11, 1966, and was incardinated April 28, 1969, by Bishop Joseph H. Hodges at the St. Patrick Society in Ireland. He served as dean of the Weston Deanery and as pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Weston, St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Weirton, St. Peter Parish in Welch and St. Michael Parish in Vienna.

He also served as temporary administrator of St. Boniface Parish in Camden. He was also an English instructor at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., and served as a pastor in the Diocese of Calabar, Nigeria, for 11 years. Father Murphy retired from active ministry in 2002.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady of Consolation Church, Donnycarney, Dublin 9, Ireland on July 26. 

Father Raymond Carr, SM, 75, died at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Wheeling on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 after a brief illness. He was born in E. Lansdowne, Pa., the son of Charles Carr and Ethel Giles Carr.

During high school he entered the Marist Minor Seminary to study for the priesthood in the Society of Mary. Father Carr made his first profession of vows as a Marist in 1957 and completed his theological       studies at Marist College, Washington, D.C., and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. During his 49 years of priestly service he served in parishes in Brunswick, Ga., and New Orleans as well as St. Michael’s and St. Vincent de Paul in Wheeling. He also served in Marist schools in Bedford, Ohio, and Atlanta, Ga.

Most recently Father Carr was uprooted from New Orleans to Wheeling by Hurricane Katrina, serving as an associate chaplain to Good Shepherd Nursing Home at the time of his death.

Father Carr was predeceased by his parents, and a twin brother, Edward Carr. He is survived by a brother, Charles (Patricia) Carr, Nieces Rita Hanrick, Margaret Campbell, Kathleen Schmidt, and nephew Charles Carr and the members of his religious community in the Society of Mary.

The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 19 in the chapel of Good Shepherd. Interment followed in the Marist plots of Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling.

In lieu of flowers, Mass intentions for the repose of his soul or memorial offerings for the support of senior Marists may be sent to: Marist Community Support Fund, c/o Marist Center, 4408 8th Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.  20017. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.altmeyer.com.

Sister Mary Alvin Hunter, CDP, of McCandless Township, Pa., died on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

She entered religious life from St. Alphonsus Parish in Wheeling in 1937. She served in the following parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh: St. Cecilia’s in Rochester, Pa.; St. Mary’s in Sharpsburg, Pa.; St. Alphonsus in Springdale, Pa.; St. Anne’s in Castle Shannon, Pa.; and St. Mary’s in Ford City, Pa. She also served at Providence Heights Alpha School.

Sister Mary Alvin was a teacher, choir director and musician. She gave private music lessons to children and adults, directed bell choir and was president and member of the Pittsburgh Piano Teacher Association (PPTA) for many years.

She is survived by many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews, and 1,000 Sisters of Divine Providence and associates throughout the world. She was preceded in death by her parents Mary Bernhart and John Hunter and two brothers, Ralph and Alvin.

Services for Sister Mary Alvin were held in Pittsburgh.  Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Divine Providence Ministries Fund, 9000 Babcock Boulevard, Allison Park, PA 15101. Send online condolences to www.staabfuneral.com/.

 Sister Francis de Sales Joyce, SC, age 92, died at Caritas Christi, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pa., on January 22, 2012. A Pittsburgh native, Sister Francis de Sales entered the congregation of the Sisters of Charity on September 8, 1938, from St. Philip Parish, Crafton, Pa. She was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick J. and Cecilia (Flaherty) Joyce, three sisters, Mrs. Patricia (Paul W.) Cline, Mrs. Joan (William) Vey and Mrs. Nora (Charles E.) Booth. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Suzanne (Raymond C.) Thornton, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English, social studies and German from Seton Hill University and a master’s degree in reading from the University of Pittsburgh. She did postgraduate study at the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Catholic University of America, the University of Pennsylvania and Boston College. Sister Francis de Sales was a teacher of primary level students in the elementary schools of Greensburg and Pittsburgh dioceses. From 1959 until 1962, she was principal of the former St. Thomas Aquinas School in California, Pa., and from 1962 until 1967, she was the principal of Cathedral School (Aquinas Academy) in Greensburg. From 1967 until 1976, she served as the school supervisor and assistant superintendent of schools in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. In 1976-1978, she was a member of the faculty in the department of education at Seton Hill University. She also taught Elementary Education at Seton Hill University during summer sessions from 1956-1963 and in 1970. From 1977 until 1987, she ministered as a diocesan consultant and associate director for elementary education in the Diocese of Greensburg. In 1987, Sister Francis de Sales became the coordinator of the office for evangelization in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston where she served until 1993. The author of several articles, in 1993, she was appointed the coordinator and editor for the Sisters of Charity history project, which culminated in the 2005 publication of the History of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill from 1945-2002. Sister Francis de Sales was active in the charismatic renewal program of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown from 1973-1975. In December 2009, Sister Francis de Sales published the Life of Mother Aloysia Lowe, Foundress of the Seton Hill Sisters of Charity. In reflecting on her life as a Sister of Charity, Sister Francis de Sales said, “Life is a journey—sometimes with others, often alone. Through peaks and valleys, joys and sorrows, one constant is God—always beside me, understanding my silence, as well as my joys.”

Mass of Christian Burial was held Jan. 26 at the Chapel of the Assumption, Caritas Christi.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Charity, De Paul Center, 144 DePaul Center Road, Greensburg, PA 15601.