Felician Sister Mary Virginia Sztorc (Mary Annuntiata), 92, died June 2 in Mother of Good Counsel Convent.

Born in Chicago, she attended St. Wenceslaus School and Cardinal Stritch High School. She entered the Felician Sisters in 1952 and professed final vows in 1960. She ministered as an elementary school teacher and librarian in Illinois and Minnesota. She also served for 10 years in the Felician Generalate in Rome in various capacities. Later, she collected and delivered food, clothing and other items for the poor, especially for the Franciscan outreach at Port Ministries and Well of Mercy in Chicago.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. Helen (1955-1957, 1960-1962), St. Joseph (1956-1957, 1978-1981, 1985-1988), St. Turibius (1963-1969), St. John of God (1969-1972) and Our Lady of Ransom, Niles (1974-1978).

Deacon Lawrence R. Kancler, 80, died June 20. He was ordained in 1983 and served at St. John the Evangelist Parish, Streamwood, and in the Diocese of Rockford.

Deacon Kancler grew up in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago and attended Nativity of Our Lord Elementary, De La Salle High School, DePaul University and DeVry Institute of Technology. He married his high school sweetheart, Elaine, in 1964.

In 1968, the couple moved to Streamwood where they raised three daughters and became very involved at St. John the Evangelist. Deacon Kancler worked as an engineer for AT&T and later became a chaplain and coordinator of pastoral care at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates.

He is survived by his wife, Elaine; his daughters Bridget, Amy and Tracy; and three grandchildren.