Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Thomas R. Wellinghoff, MM

Thomas Robert Wellinghoff was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 3, 1917. Having spent three years at the junior seminary in Cincinnati, he went to the Venard before going to the Novitiate, and later to the major seminary at the...

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Father Edward A. Weis, MM

Father Weis, upon entering Maryknoll in September of 1929, wrote a short autobiography in which he describes his early life as the fifth of seven children, all of whom attended the grade school of St. Michaels Parish, Milwaukee....

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Father James R. Weckesser, MM

Father James Weckesser died at Westchester Medical Center on March 21, 2009. He was 80 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 53 years. James Robert Weckesser was born on June 7, 1928 in Rochester, New York, the son of Joseph L....

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Father Leo J. Walter, MM

Father Leo J. Walter (Philippines) died on September 20, 1981 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. When his health failed earlier this year Leo returned to the U.S. in anticipation of his Jubilee celebration. In May,...

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Father Wenceslaus F. Knotek, MM

Father Knotek died at St. Teresa’s Residence in the afternoon of December 14, 1998. He was 84 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 57 years. Wenceslaus was born in Racine, Wisconsin on August 26, 1914, one of twelve...

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