Obituaries
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AEMMER, Richard A., 83, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Sept. 21. Husband of Kathleen Aemmer. Father of Tracy Diers, Teresa Sidebottom and Todd Aemmer. Grandfather of 12. Great-grandfather of four.
ALSTATT, Riley E., 22, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Sept. 10. Husband of Anna Alstatt. Son of Mark Alstatt and Christa Thompson. Brother of Tatum Allstatt. Grandson of David and Charlotte Allstatt and Alberta Thompson.
BANET, Michael A., 78, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Sept. 18. Husband of Wilma Kost. Father of Monica Bottorff, Christopher, Jeffrey and Kevin Banet. Brother of Joan Endris, Theresa Getrost, Paul, Ralph and Father Stephen Banet. Grandfather of 10.
FISCHER, Jerry W., 84, St. Paul, Tell City, Sept. 26. Husband of Kate Fischer. Father of Sophia Ettenshohn and Patrick Fischer. Brother of Betty Hagedorn, Sharon Little, Teresa Lutgring, Donna McNulty, Janet Veeck and Richard Fischer. Grandfather of six. Great-grandfather of five.
HARTMAN, Donald, 87, St. Nicholas, Ripley County, Sept. 18. Father of Amy Jackson, Andrew, Scott and Timothy Hartman. Brother of Janice Dieselberg, Carol Harsh, Sylvia Meeks, Shirley Schuman and Linda Zimmerman. Grandfather of 12. Great-grandfather of 10.
JACOBI, Sandra L., 77, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, Sept. 18. Wife of Michael Jacobi. Mother of Elizabeth Hundley, Christopher and Kyle Jacobi. Sister of Cathy Phillips and Phyllis Starkey. Grandmother of six.
JONES, JoAnn, 90, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 27. Wife of Roy Jones. Stepmother of Donna Fenison, Michael and Roy Jones, Jr. Sister of John Beringer.
MOLL, Cita F., 81, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Oct. 1. Wife of Joseph Moll. Mother of Ana-Liza Lloyd. Sister of Aurora Cristimo, Rosemarie Ferrer and Ricardo Famanila. Grandmother of two.
PRATT, Mary, 62, St. Mary, Greensburg, Oct. 2. Wife of John Pratt. Mother of Clare Leeds and Caroline Pratt. Sister of Kristen Glennon, Kathy Molony, Betsy Popple and Joan Ruskin.
RAIMONDI, Josephine A., 68, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 10. Sister of Anthony, Joe, Mark and Mike Raimondi. Aunt and great-aunt of several.
REDELMAN, Mark R., 71, St. Mary, Greensburg, Sept. 30. Father of Crystal Moore, Tammy Shreve, Lisa, Christopher and Nick Redelman. Brother of Gerri White. Grandfather of 12. Great-grandfather of three.
REINHART, Jr., John J., 79, St. Ambrose, Seymour, Sept. 29. Husband of Patricia Western. Father of Heather Reedy and Chris O’Brien. Brother of Robert Reinhart. Grandfather of three.
ROSS, Philomena, 99, Our Lady of the Greenwood, Greenwood, Aug. 25. Mother of Carolyn Mann, Casey, Christopher, Conner and Fred Ross. Sister of Thomas Beck. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of seven.
SCHAFER, Clifford H., 86, St. John Paul II, Sellersburg, Sept. 20. Brother of Kathleen Lentz. Uncle of several.
SIMON, Dolores M., 92, St. John the Baptist, Osgood, Sept. 11. Mother of Marilyn Linville, Cheryl Meyer, Marcia Moore, Chris, David, Gary and Greg Simon. Grandmother of 18. Great-grandmother of 33. Great-great-grandmother of two.
SNIADECKI, Joseph E., 80, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Sept. 24. Husband of Eileen Sniadecki. Father of Mark, Matthew and Michael Sniadecki. Grandfather of seven.
SPETH, David L., 80, St. Mark the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 22. Husband of Mary Ann Speth. Father of Erin Koester and David Speth. Brother of Angie Eagan and Edie Speth. Grandfather of nine. Great-grandfather of one.
STRASBURGER, F. Marilyn, 91, St. Mary, Greensburg, Sept. 29. Mother of Laurie Ruble and Diane Strasburger. Sister of Anne Lewis and Howard Schertzinger. Grandmother of four. Great-grandmother of one.
THOMASSON, Ronald B., 85, St. Paul, Tell City, Sept. 26. Husband of Mary Thomasson. Father of Debbie Baker, Tammy Duncan, Shawn Goffinet, Maurice Poehlein and Stacy Thomasson. Brother of Freddie Thomasson. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of three.
WATTS, Helen P., 84, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Sept. 28. Wife of William Watts, Jr. Mother of Maria Bryce, Aimee Englert, Rebecca Page, Kelly Tyler and Lisa Watts. Sister of Debra Parcell, Annette Wurtz, Blaine III, Robert and Zachary Taylor. Grandmother of 14. Great-grandmother of 11.
ZELLERS, Patsy, 89, St. Paul, Tell City, Sept. 28. Mother of Danny, Keith, Mark and Michael Zellers. Sister of Ronnie Birchler. Grandmother of 11. Great-grandmother of 17.
Franciscan Sister Teresa Trick ministered in the archdiocese and Ohio as an educator for 39 years
Franciscan Sister Teresa Trick (formerly Sister Bertha Rose), a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Oldenburg, died on Sept. 27 at Margaret Mary Health Hospital in Batesville. She was 98.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Oct. 8 at the Motherhouse Chapel in Oldenburg. Burial followed at the sisters’ cemetery.
Sister Teresa was born on July 4, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio. She joined the Sisters of St. Francis on April 8, 1946, and professed final vows on Aug. 12, 1952. Sister Teresa earned a bachelor’s degree in education at Marian University in Indianapolis.
She served as an educator for 39 years in Indiana and Ohio.
In the archdiocese, Sister Teresa served at St. Michael the Archangel School (now St. Michael-St. Gabriel Archangels School) in Indianapolis from 1952-59, St. Michael School in Brookville from 1964-65, the former Central Catholic School in New Albany from 1971-73, Holy Family School (now part of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School) in Richmond from 1979-81 and St. Christopher School in Indianapolis from 1981-87.
She later worked at a public library and did volunteer work at a parish and food pantry in Cincinnati before moving back to the motherhouse in 2001, where she assisted in various ways.
Sister Teresa is survived by a brother, William Trick.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of St. Francis,
P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN 47036-0100. †