Wednesday, September 2, 2009 ARCHDIOCESE — Cincinnati businessman and philanthropist William J. Williams died Aug. 23. He was 93. The former chairman and chief executive officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, Williams supported Catholic institutions, including the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 KATMANDU, Nepal — Jesuit Father James J. Donnelly, who served in Nepal for nearly 50 years, died in Katmandu Aug. 17. The Cincinnati native, who had dedicated his life to education in his adopted homeland, was 80 and suffering from various ailments.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Edward (Ned) Ostendorf was held on Aug. 21 at St. Columbkille Church in Wilmington. Deacon Ostendorf, 74, died Aug. 16 after a battle with esophageal cancer.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Precious Blood Sister Mary Susanna Laux was celebrated Aug. 18 at the congregation’s motherhouse in Dayton. Sister Mary Susanna, 93, died Aug. 11 in Dayton.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Franciscan Father Bart Pax, who turned St. Mary of the Angels Parish in New Orleans into a refuge for victims of Hurricane Katrina and dedicated himself to rebuilding the flood-ravaged church, was celebrated July 29 at St. Clement Church in …

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Congregation of Divine Providence Sister Mary Cletus Hehman was celebrated on July 31 in Sacred Heart Chapel at St. Anne Convent in Melbourne, Ky. Sister Mary Cletus, 76, died July 27, at Holy Family Home.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of St. Francis Mary Emmett Lawrence was celebrated on July31 at her congregation’s motherhouse in Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Mary Emmett. 93, died on July 28 at St. Clare Hall, the health care facility at the motherhouse.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Juliette Shaheen was celebrated July 27 at St. Clare Montefalco Church in Grosse Pointe, Mich. Sister Mary Juliette, 84, died on July 24 at Beaumont Shore Pointe Assisted Living Facility in St. Clair Shores.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Saint Francis Marie Celine Wilhelm was celebrated on July 24 at her congregation’s motherhouse in Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Marie Celine, 93, died on July 21 at Margaret Mary Community Hospital in Batesville.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Mary Agnes Saffer (formerly Sister Bernard Agnes) died July 29 at the age of 87 in Mother Margaret Hall at the order’s Cincinnati motherhouse.