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 chronologically.
To submit a memorial, please use the online Memorial Request Form.
Hans Boehringer
Hans Boehringer died on November 8, 1999.
Edgar Schaffer Brown, Jr. (1922-2005)
The Rev. Edgar Schaffer Brown, Jr., ThD. died Sunday, February 6, 2005.
Msgr. Patrick Byrne
Msgr. Patrick Byrne died in 2002.
Fr. Paul L. Cioffi SJ (1928-2004)
Father Paul L. Cioffi, S.J. died on May 21, 2004.
Timothy Crouch
The Rev. Dr. Timothy J. Crouch, OSL, 57, died March 30, 2005.
Fr. Godfrey Diekmann, OSB (1908-2002)
Fr. Godfrey Diekmann died on February 22, 2002
Regis Duffy (1934-2006)
Regis Duffy died on Wednesday, January 4, 2006.
Balthasar Fischer
Professor Balthasar Fischer of Trier died on June 27, 2001.
Tad Guzie
Tad Guzie died on Sunday, June 24, 2001.
Michael Hay
Michael Hay died on April 14, 1999.
Paul Waitman Hoon
Paul Hoon died late in October, 2000.
Frank Kacmarcik, OblSB (1920-2004)
Brother Oblate Frank died on February 22, 2004.
Fr. Aidan Kavanagh, OSB (1929-2006)
Aidan Kavanagh died on Sunday, July 9, 2006.
Joseph Keenan, FSC
Joseph Keenan, FSC died on February 27, 1999.
William J. Leonard, S.J.
William Leonard, S.J. died on February 11, 2000.
Fr. Boniface Luykx
Fr. Boniface Luykx died early Easter Sunday Morning, on April 11, 2004.
Msgr. Frederick R. McManus (1923-2005)
Monsignor Frederick R. McManus died on November 27, 2005.
Paul Nelson
Paul Nelson died on October 28, 2000.
P. Burkhard Neunheuser, OSB (1903-2003)
P. Burkhard Neunheuser, OSB died on Nov. 29, 2003.
Rabbi Hayim Perelmuter
Rabbi Hayim Perelmuter died on January 4, 2001.
H. Boone Porter
H. Boone Porter died on June 5, 1999.
Dr. Fred L. Precht
Dr. Fred L. Precht died on February 5, 2003.
Brother R. Todd Ridder, S.M., Ph.D.
Marianist Brother Todd Ridder died on September 14, 2000.
Father Clarence Rufus J. Rivers (1931-2004)
Fr. Clarence Rufus J. Rivers died on Sunday, November 21, 2004, Feast of Christ the King.
Rev. S. Anita Stauffer (1948-2007)
The Rev. S. Anita Stauffer died on June 26, 2007.
Thomas Julian Talley
Thomas Julian Talley died on December 30, 2005.
Fr. Aelred Tegels, OSB
Fr. Aelred Tegels died on March 17, 2003.
David G. Truemper
David G. Truemper died peacefully early Saturday afternoon, October 30, 2004.
Ralph R. Van Loon
Ralph R. Van Loon died on Saturday, August 24, 2002.
Sister Mary Anthony Wagner, OSB
Sister Mary Anthony Wagner died on September 18, 2002.
Daniel Bayne Wessler (1924-2006)
Daniel Bayne Wessler died on August 23, 2006.
James Floyd White (1932-2004)
Jim White died on Sunday, October 31, 2004.