A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 19 for Missionary of the Precious Blood Father William Eilerman, 82, at St. Charles Center in Carthagena. He died Sept. 14 at the St. Charles Center infirmary.

A native of North Star, he entered the Precious Blood Community in 1939 and was ordained on May 24, 1951. After his ordination, he continued his studies preparing for a bachelor and master’s degree in accounting at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., and Saint Louis University.

His first assignment in 1954 was to Saint Joseph’s College, where he served as accounting instructor, professor and business office administrator. In 1970, he transferred to Saint Joseph’s College’s East Chicago campus, where he served as accounting professor and treasurer at the college. In 1975, he was appointed rector of St. Charles Center in Carthagena.

In 1977, Father Eilerman accepted the position of treasurer of the Precious Blood Congregation, where he served for 10 years. During those years, he served on the executive committee and later on the senate. In 1988, he was named local director of St. Charles Center. During this period, he also became the administrator pro-tem of St. Joseph and St. Peter parishes in Fort Recovery, serving for one year.

In 2000, he was named administrator pro-tem of St. Joseph parish in Wapakoneta, where he ministered until 2003. He then became administrator of the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio. Father Eilerman retired to St. Charles Center in 2006.
He is survived by a brother, Alfred of North Star; and a sister Eleanor Liette of

Culver, Ind. Burial was in the community cemetery.

Father Paul Schaaf

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 21 for Missionary of the Precious Blood Father Paul Schaaf, 81, at St. Charles Center in Carthagena. He died Sept. 16 at the St. Charles Center infirmary.

A native of Dayton, he served in the United States Air Force, and at the conclusion of his enlistment, he entered the Precious Blood Community in 1950. He was ordained on May 28, 1960.

His first assignment was serving as an assistant pastor at St. Anthony Church in Falls Church, Va., before traveling to Chile, where he served as a missionary for 12 years. He worked among the rural population and later as spiritual director of a school in Santiago. While in Chile, he also served as director of seminarians.

In 1975, Father Schaaf returned to the United States and continued a ministry in the charismatic movement, traveling extensively in the U.S. and abroad giving retreats, conferences and workshops. His special ministry was one of healing, presiding over many healing services and pilgrimages. He was one of the founding members of the Association of Christian Therapists and served on its board of directors.

In 1983, Father Schaaf was appointed the coordinator of the charismatic program of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Fla. He lived and ministered in Florida for many years before retiring to St. Charles Center in 2002.

He is survived by two sisters, Evelyn McCarthy of Dayton and Pat Merck of Tilson, N.Y.; and a brother, Marianist Brother Donald of Dayton. Burial was in the community cemetery.

Sister Alberta Rohrkemper

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 19 for Notre Dame de Namur Sister Alberta Rohrkemper, 92, at the chapel at Mount Notre Dame Health Care Center in Cincinnati. She died Sept. 17 in the 74th year of her religious life.

She was a teacher at Notre Dame High School in Chicago, Mount Notre Dame in Cincinnati, Notre Dame High School in Hamilton and Julienne High School in Dayton. She worked in the Marianist Mission Office in Dayton and was catechist and eucharistic minister at Holy Cross Parish in Dayton.

She is survived by her sister, Cecilia Benezra; and a brother, Father Charles Rohrkemper of Sidney.

Interment was in the convent cemetery.

Sister Annunciata Hulse

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 25 for Sister of Charity Annunciata Hulse, 93, at the convent chapel in Delhi. She died Sept. 19 at Mother Margaret Hall.

A native of Dayton, she earned a degree in education from the College of Mount St. Joseph and a master’s in education from Xavier University.

She entered the congregation in 1933 and began working with children in 1935 as a group mother at St. Joseph Orphanage in Cincinnati. In 1940, she began her teaching ministry at St. John the Baptist School in Harrison, 1940-41; St. Raphael in Springfield, 1941-52; and St. Lawrence in Cincinnati, 1952-58. She served as elementary principal at a school in Jackson, Mich., and taught junior high and high school in Birmingham and Royal Oak, Mich. In 1977, she left the classroom to serve in parish ministry. She retired to the motherhouse in 1993.

She is survived by her sister, Betty Leonard.

Interment was in the Sisters of Charity cemetery.

Sister Mary Jane Kenney

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 20 for Sister of Charity Mary Jane Kenney, 90, at the motherhouse chapel in Delhi. She died Sept. 17.

A native of Cleveland, she earned a degree in education from the Teacher’s College of the Athenaeum of Ohio, a bachelor’s in English from the College of Mount St. Joseph and a master’s in guidance counseling from Fordham University. She entered the congregation in 1936. She taught on all levels of elementary school in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati at Holy Family, 1940-42, and St. Boniface, 1942-44, in Cincinnati; St. Teresa in Springfield, 1944-54; and St. Albert the Great in Dayton, 1954-58. She served as a secondary teacher and principal at schools in Chicago and Albuquerque, N.M.

She served as a high school guidance counselor from 1969-72 in Albuquerque, when she returned to her hometown of Cleveland to serve as chairperson of the guidance department at Holy Name High School for 17 years. She retired in 1989 but continued to volunteer as a tutor. She returned to the motherhouse in 1994 and served as receptionist at Bayley Place.

She is survived by her sisters, Ellen Cunningham and Sister of Charity Jean Clare Kenney; and her brothers, Richard and John.

Interment was in the motherhouse cemetery.