Father Paul Wild, OFM, a Franciscan Friar of St. John the Baptist Province, died June 22 at the age of 82 after a short illness. He had been living at St. Clement Friary in St. Bernard and was a volunteer teaching assistant in art at St. Clement Elementary School.

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Father Paul Wild, OFM

Assigned to Israel in 1970, he was ordained in the Garden of Gethsemane in 1972. Soon after, he joined the Slovakian province in Pittsburgh, Pa., and taught himself English by memorizing dictionaries.

Father Wild served as a missionary in Taiwan and Pennsylvania, and as a pastoral associate at parishes in New Jersey and Indiana.

He moved to St. Clement in 2000 when his province joined the Cincinnati-based St. John the Baptist Province.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 27 at St. Clement Church. Burial followed in the friars’ plot at St. Mary Cemetery in St. Bernard.

Father Raymond Pax

A Memorial Mass was celebrated June 8 at Immaculate Conception Church in Celina, for Comboni Missionary Father Raymond Pax, 69. He died suddenly in the mission of Nyamlell, South Sudan, March 31.

A native of Celina, Father Pax was ordained in Cincinnati by Archbishop Karl Alter in 1965. For five years following ordination, he did pastoral work in California and served as pastor at St. Henry Church in Cincinnati’s old West End. He was then assigned to Africa, and except for a brief two-year stay in the United Sates, Africa was his mission and home until his death.

During his many years there, in Uganda, Kenya and Sudan, he served as pastoral minister, teacher, artist, and devoted community member.

Father Pax was buried in Africa at his request on April 1 at St. Theresa Mission. At his funeral, out of love and respect for him, the mayor of Nyamlell declared him a member of the Dinka tribe.

He is survived by his brothers, Franciscan Father Ulric Pax of Arizona, Francis of Coldwater, John of Camden, Franciscan Father Bart Pax of New Orleans, Mark of Versailles, David of Celina, and Marvin of Jacksonville, Fla.

Brother Donald Fisher

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 30 for Missionary of the Precious Blood Brother Donald Fisher, 72, at St. Charles Center in Carthagena. He died June 25 at St. Charles Center.

A native of Wapakoneta, he entered the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in 1950 and was professed as a brother in 1955.

Brother Donald Fisher

Brother Donald, who became the farm manager, worked the congregation’s fields at St. Charles for 46 years, until the Missionaries ceased farming operations at St. Charles after the 2005 harvest. He then volunteered as a member of the board of supervisors with the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District, which honored him in 2005 for his work in conservation farming.

He was also a master mechanic and was respected by those in the farming community for his abilities.

He is survived by a brother, Thomas, of Wapakoneta, and a sister, Sister of Mercy Jane Fisher of Port Clinton. Burial was in the community cemetery.

Sister Mary Regina Germann

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 24 for Ursuline Sister Mary Regina Germann, 88, at the St. Ursula Convent chapel. Sister Regina died June 20 at Mercy St. Theresa Center in Mariemont.

A native of South Dakota, Sister Regina later moved with her family to Georgetown, Ohio. She entered the Ursulines of Cincinnati in 1940. Her educational ministry spanned nearly 30 years and included teaching assignments at St. Ursula Villa, St. Monica, All Saints and Our Lady of Visitation Schools in Cincinnati and St. Henry School in Dayton. From 1970 to 1975, she served in parish ministry at St. Monica Church, assisting the pastor with baptismal catechesis. After retiring, she ministered as an adult education tutor.

Sister Regina is survived by her brothers, Cecil and James.

Interment was in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Sister Eileen Veeley

Sister of Mercy Eileen Veeley died June 25 at McAuley Convent in Cincinnati. She was 83 years old and had been a member of the order for 66 years.

Born in Columbus, Sister Eileen was one of two of her family’s eight children who entered religious life. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the Athenaeum of Ohio and a master’s degree from Xavier University. As a teacher, she served at St. Teresa and St. Margaret of Cortona schools in Cincinnati and was principal at Assumption School.

Sister Eileen’s longtime ministry was service to her community: as office manager for the leadership team and performing secretarial work and producing documents that were distributed to the community, including the "Mercy Profile," materials for chapters and assemblies and yearly calendars.

She retired to McAuley Convent in Cincinnati in 2007 after a stroke and is survived by her sister, Helen Martin, and brothers, Charles and George.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Mercy Center in Walnut Hills on June 30. Burial followed in the St. Joseph (New) Cemetery, Price Hill.

Sister Eugene Mary Donohoue

Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Eugene Mary Donohoue died June 29 at the age of 78 in Mother Margaret Hall at the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati Motherhouse, Mount St. Joseph

The native of Springfield entered the Sisters of Charity in 1949, serving 59 years in religious life.

Sister Eugene Mary ministered in education, teaching at schools in New Mexico, Colorado, Ohio and Michigan, including St. William School in Cincinnati from 1959-61.

From 1978 until 1993, her services were utilized at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, where she ministered as a Sister companion to those in need. She retired to the motherhouse in 1994.

She is survived by a sister, Ellen Allender, and brothers William and Albert.

The Mass of Christian Burial was offered July 3 in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the motherhouse. Burial was in the Sisters of Charity cemetery.