Sr. Elaine Margaret Besand, CSJ was born Mildred Marie Besand June 27, 1941 in Festus, Missouri, the firstborn of Valle Francis & Thelma Bohnert Besand.

Sister Mary Charlene Ross was born in Kansas City, Mo., on March 25, 1930, to John and Ruth (Parrish) Ross.

“She was the treasure of our community and bedrock of charity,”

Father James H. Schrader, C.PP.S. of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood died on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio.

Neal Daniel Colby, 77, died at home Dec. 27.

The Rev. Thomas L. Albers, C.PP.S., 78, a member of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, Kansas City Province, died Sept. 30, 2018 at St. Rita Hospital in Lima, Ohio

Tuesday morning, 11 September 2018, between the Offices of Vigils and Lauds, the monastic community of Conception Abbey was informed of the unexpected death of our beloved confrere, Brother Stephen Cardinal, O.S.B.

In the hours before dawn on Wednesday 5 September 2018, our beloved confrere, Brother Jeremiah Tuttle, O.S.B., heeding the call of the Lord to set aside the cares of this life, passed unburdened into the joys of heaven.

Father John G. Valenta, S.J. was called to eternal life on July 10, 2018 at the Fusz Pavilion in St. Louis, MO.

On Saturday, 28 April 2018, at 7:48 a.m., our beloved confrere, Father Denis Dougherty, O.S.B., succumbed to a fairly sudden convergence of numerous physical circumstances that had brought him to the hospital twice in recent weeks.