Bishop John McNabb, an Augustinian, died Feb. 26. Bishop McNabb, 90, was the first bishop of the Diocese of Chulucanas. Peru, and one the last three living U.S. bishops who took part in the Second Vatican Council.

Bishop McNabb was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. He professed first vows as an Augustinian in 1945, final vows in 1948, and was ordained a priest in 1952.

He was a teacher and administrator at Mendel Catholic High School (1953-1959) before becoming province secretary (1959-1961). He returned to Mendel as principal (1962- 1964).

He was named prelate of the mission territory of Chulucanas in 1964 and participated in the last two sessions of the Second Vatican Council. He was ordained a bishop in 1967, and became the ordinary when Chulucanas was made a diocese in 1988.

He resided at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Monastery in Olympia Fields (2000-2002, 2006-2010).

He is survived by a sister, Janet Marelli.

Providence Sister Marilyn Rose (Margie Marie) Ginder, 86, died Feb. 21 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

An Indiana native, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence in 1949 and professed final vows in 1956.

She taught school for 16 years before becoming director of a mental-health center and serving as a psychology professor in Indiana.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Leo (1951-1954) and St. Francis Borgia (1958-1962).

She is survived by her sister, Marilyn Simpson.

Sister of the Living Word Barbara (Josepha) Hawken, 81, died Feb. 20.

Born in Chicago, she entered the Sisters of Christian Charity in 1953. She joined the Sisters of the Living Word in 1991.

She ministered in education in Minnesota and Ohio as well as in the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she served at St. Teresa of Avila; St. Gregory; St. Mary, Riverdale; Josephinum High School; St. Hedwig; and St. Robert Bellarmine.

Sister Barbara is survived by her sisters Janet Doyle and Diane Larson.

Divine Word Father Bernard Fisher, 97, died Feb. 13 in Techny. He was a missionary in Papua New Guinea.

Father Fisher was a priest for 70 years and in religious vows for 75. He taught at Divine Word seminaries in the United States before being sent to Papua New Guinea in 1948.

In his nearly five decades there, he traveled to remote villages, opened catechetical centers and taught business and agriculture, among other assignments. He also served as a vocation recruiter in the United States.

He returned to the United States permanently in 1992 at age 75. He taught himself desktop publishing and printed more than 30 books and booklets. He moved to Techny in 1992.

Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Lorraine Oswald, 83, died Feb. 9 in Cincinnati. A native of Chicago, she graduated from Notre Dame High School for Girls in 1951 and was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 57 years.

Sister Lorraine, known as “Ozzie,” taught at St. Peter Canisius School (1966-1967) and later was a member of the St. Robert Bellarmine Community for 27 of the 29 years she taught in Villa Park, Illinois.

In addition to teaching, Sister Lorraine used the carpentry skills she learned from her father as volunteer with Cincinnati Housing Partners, helping renovate homes that were made available to low-income, first home buyers.