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Deacon Salvador Cornejo
Deacon Salvador Cornejo, 75, died April 14 in Romeoville, Illinois.
He ministered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish until he retired 20 years ago, according to his daughter Guille.
Deacon Cornejo was born in Mexico, and married his wife, Teresa, there.
He first came to Chicago in 1967 and worked at Chicago Steel and Wire.
He is survived by his wife and his children Ismael, Ramiro, Guille, Salvador and Teresa. A daughter, Maribel, died as an infant.
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Sr. Vincentia Kaeferstein
BVM Sister Vincentia Kaeferstein, 102, died Jan. 13 in Dubuque, Iowa.
Born in Iowa, she entered the BVM congregation in 1931 and professed final vows in 1939.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Vincentia taught at St. Eulalia, Maywood, and St. Ferdinand. She also ministered in Wyoming and Iowa.
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Fr. Wayne Schimmelmann
Claretian Father Wayne Schimmelmann, 66, died Jan. 12 at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Born in Virginia, Father Schimmelmann made his religious profession as a Claretian Missionary in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1986.
He served in parishes, on college campuses and in hospitals in Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois and Georgia. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, he ministered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish (1991-1992), St. Paul Parish (1996-1998) and University of Illinois Medical Center and Resurrection Hospital (1998-2004). He was a resident of Claretian houses in Chicago and Oak Park (2005-2015) before moving to Mercy Circle.
He is survived by his sisters, Donna Bourland, MaryAnne Massey and Joanne Griffin, and brothers Charles and Allen Schimmelmann.
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Sr. Margaret Kelly
Providence Sister Margaret (Bernard Maureen) Kelly, 80, died Jan. 15 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.
Born in Chicago, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1957 and professed final vows in 1964.
She ministered as a teacher for 46 years in schools in Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri, then cared for her sister and served as coordinator of the Chicago Providence Women.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette (1964-1967); St. Angela, (1971-1979); Immaculate Conception (1979-1982); and Maternity BVM (1982-2007); and in service to her family in Chicago (2007-2014).
Sister Margaret is survived by three brothers, Ed, Mike and Jim Kelly.
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Sr. Kathleen O’Donnell
Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Kathleen (Marie Winifred) O’Donnell, 93, died Jan. 10 in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.
Born in Chicago, Sister Kathleen made her first religious profession in 1946 and her final profession in 1949. She was a teacher, principal, director of the Dominican Education Center, support staff member and pastoral associate. Sister Kathleen served in Oklahoma, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Alabama.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Kathleen served as secretary at Visitation School (1975-1981); Misericordia Home North (1983-1984); for the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation’s Eastern Province while based in River Forest (1992-1998); and at St. Luke Convent, River Forest (1999-2000).
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