Obituaries and Memorials of
Academy Members and Friends
The following members of the Academy or friends involved with "things liturgical" have died since 1999. Click on each link to read a memorial. Let us remember them with prayerful thanksgiving.
See these memorials listed alphabetically.
To submit a memorial, please use the online Memorial Request Form.
2007
Rev. S. Anita Stauffer (1948-2007)
2006
Daniel Bayne Wessler (1924-2006)
Daniel Bayne Wessler died on August 23, 2006.
Aidan Kavanagh (1929-2006)
Aidan Kavanagh died on Sunday, July 9, 2006.
Regis Duffy (1934-2006)
Regis Duffy died on Wednesday, January 4, 2006.
2005
Thomas Julian Talley
Thomas Julian Talley died on December 30, 2005.
Msgr. Frederick R. McManus (1923-2005)
Monsignor Frederick R. McManus died on November 27, 2005.
Timothy Crouch
The Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Crouch, OSL, died March 30, 2005.
Rev. Edgar Schaffer Brown, Jr. (1922-2005)
The Rev. Edgar Schaffer Brown, Jr., ThD. died Sunday, February 6, 2005.
2004
Father Clarence Rufus J. Rivers (1931-2004)
Fr. Clarence Rufus J. Rivers died on Sunday, November 21, 2004, Feast of Christ the King.
David G. Truemper
David G. Truemper died on October 30, 2004.
James Floyd White (1932-2004)
Jim White died on Sunday, October 31, 2004.
Fr. Paul L. Cioffi SJ (1928-2004)
Father Paul L. Cioffi, S.J. died on May 21, 2004.
Fr. Boniface Luykx
Fr. Boniface Luykx died early Easter Sunday Morning, on April 11, 2004.
Frank Kacmarcik, OblSB (1920-2004)
Brother Oblate Frank died on February 22, 2004.
2003
P. Burkhard Neunheuser, OSB (1903-2003)
P. Burkhard Neunheuser, OSB died on Nov. 29, 2003.
Fr. Aelred Tegels, OSB
Fr. Aelred Tegels died on March 17, 2003.
Dr. Fred L. Precht
Dr. Fred L. Precht died on February 5, 2003.
2002
Sister Mary Anthony Wagner, OSB
Sister Mary Anthony Wagner died on September 18, 2002.
Msgr. Patrick Byrne
Msgr. Patrick Byrne died in 2002.
Ralph R. Van Loon
Ralph R. Van Loon died on Saturday, August 24, 2002.
Fr. Godfrey Diekmann, OSB (1908-2002)
Fr. Godfrey Diekmann died on February 22, 2002
2001
Balthasar Fischer
Professor Balthasar Fischer of Trier died on June 27, 2001.
Tad Guzie
Tad Guzie died on Sunday, June 24, 2001.
Rabbi Hayim Perelmuter
Rabbi Hayim Perelmuter died on January 4, 2001.
2000
Brother R. Todd Ridder, S.M., Ph.D.
Marianist Brother Todd Ridder died on September 14, 2000.
Paul Waitman Hoon
Paul Hoon died late in October, 2000.
William J. Leonard, S.J.
William Leonard, S.J. died on February 11, 2000.
Paul Nelson
Paul Nelson died on October 28, 2000.
1999
Hans Boehringer
Hans Boehringer died on November 8, 1999.
H. Boone Porter
H. Boone Porter died on June 5, 1999.
Joseph Keenan, FSC
Joseph Keenan, FSC died on February 27, 1999.
Michael Hay
Michael Hay died on April 14, 1999.