In Memoriam: Midwest Jesuits

In Memoriam: Midwest Jesuits - Summer 2016

We give thanks for the following Jesuits who have gone home to God.

Fr. Emmett P. Holmes
Chicago-Detroit Province

August 5, 1928 to March 24, 2016

Emmett was greatly loved at Walsh Jesuit. On his 80th birthday, the school gave him a golf cart to help him get around the 100-acre campus. He drove his golf cart to most Walsh athletic events, until he moved to Colombiere Center in 2013.

Retreat director, French teacher, school chaplain, faculty and staff spiritual director, rector, acting superior, and chaplain to the faculty and athletic teams at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Latin and French teacher at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati; rector and French teacher at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland

Fr. Robert H. Fitzgerald (WIS) June 9, 1935 to March 17, 2016 Bob had the soul and sensibilities of a poet. He loved to tell stories and to hear the stories of others. The complexities of the human person fascinated him. He loved to write, both for his own enjoyment and for others, and was dedicated to helping those battling addictions. High school English teacher at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wis., and the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minn.; alcohol and drug counselor at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation; writer, counselor, and chaplain in the Twin Cities; retreat director in Anchorage, Alaska; chaplain at the Creighton University Medical Center

Fr. Robert H. Fitzgerald
Wisconsin Province
June 9, 1935 to March 17, 2016

Bob had the soul and sensibilities of a poet. He loved to tell stories and to hear the stories of others. The complexities of the human person fascinated him. He loved to write, both for his own enjoyment and for others, and was dedicated to helping those battling addictions.

High school English teacher at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wis., and the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minn.; alcohol and drug counselor at St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation; writer, counselor, and chaplain in the Twin Cities; retreat director in Anchorage, Alaska; chaplain at the Creighton University Medical Center

Fr. Robert W. Dundon (ANW & WIS) August 4, 1932 to March 9, 2016 Bob was very much a missionary Jesuit, devoting most of his life to teaching and pastoral service in Africa. He had wonderful insights and loved living and working with other Jesuits and growing close to the students he served in Africa. Chemistry teacher at Marquette University, University of Benin in Nigeria, and Makerere University in Uganda; philosophy of science teacher at Arrupe College in Harare, Zimbabwe; chaplain and pastor at University of Benin; pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish in Omaha, Christ the King Parish in Lagos, Nigeria, and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Benin City, Nigeria

Fr. Robert W. Dundon
Wisconsin and North-West Africa Provinces
August 4, 1932 to March 9, 2016

Bob was very much a missionary Jesuit, devoting most of his life to teaching and pastoral service in Africa. He had wonderful insights and loved living and working with other Jesuits and growing close to the students he served in Africa.

Chemistry teacher at Marquette University, University of Benin in Nigeria, and Makerere University in Uganda; philosophy of science teacher at Arrupe College in Harare, Zimbabwe; chaplain and pastor at University of Benin; pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Parish in Omaha, Christ the King Parish in Lagos, Nigeria, and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Benin City, Nigeria

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