Category : In Memoriam

by Father Larry Percell November 3, 1929 – November 22, 2020 Patrice Underwood, IHM, beloved pastoral associate at St. Martin Parish in Sunnyvale for almost four decades, entered into eternal life on November 22, 2020.  Patrice had been living for the past seven years in a residence in Los Angeles f

The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother, Michael Murphy, of the Cupertino Marianist Community of Cupertino, California, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on October 18, 2020, in Cupertino, at the age of 81 with 58 years of religiou

Father Leonard A. Traverso, a retired priest of the Diocese of San Jose, passed away in the morning of Friday, August 7, 2020 in his residence in San Jose. He was 83 years old. Born on May 14, 1937 in San Francisco, Leonard was the son of John and Eleanor Traverso. He had a brother named John Jr. wh

June 8, 1925 – July 18, 2020 Monsignor Joseph Milani passed away peacefully from natural causes on July 18, 2020 at the Villa Siena Senior Living Community in Mountain View. He was born June 8, 1925 in Marin County, the son of Tony and Maria Milani, immigrants from Lonate Pozzolo, Italy. The Milanis

Faithful servant to our Lord through our prison ministry By: Lee Campbell, Associate Director of Restorative Justice – Diocese of San José Father Paul Goda, beloved priest, law professor and faithful servant, entered into the joy of the Lord on January 29, 2020. Those of us who knew him came to appr

August 2, 1931 - June 13, 2019 Roland Pierre DuMaine, son of Nolan Amidee DuMaine and Mary Eulalia Burch, was born in Paducah, Kentucky on August 2, 1931. After attending Saint Mary’s Academy in Paducah and Holy Family School in Glendale, California, he entered Saint Joseph’s College Seminary, Mount