Clergy, religious and notable laity with island ties who went before us in 2006

Here is a list of priests, sisters, brothers, deacons and other notable Catholics with an island connection who died in 2006. They are listed in alphabetical order.

• Olivia Robello Breitha, Kalaupapa resident, author and human rights activist
• Missionary of the Sacred Heart Father Gratien Bermond, missionary to Christmas Island in the Republic of Kiribati and frequent Hawaii visitor
• Marist Missionary Sister Mary Zita Butler, served at St. Stephen Seminary, Kaneohe, in 1960s
• Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Dominica Chen, former Hawaii hospital chaplain
• Dorothy Paris Fernandez, pro-life advocate and St. John the Baptist, Kalihi, parishioner
• Father Lowell Edwin Fischer, served in Hawaii parishes for almost 20 years in the 1970s and ‘80s
• Winona Gonsalves, beloved longtime St. Patrick School, Kaimuki, teacher
• Franciscan Sister Mary Wilma Halmasy, champion of Blessed Mother Marianne Cope and Kalaupapa nurse for 30 years
• Father Robert E. Hannon, served half his 51 years of priesthood in Hawaii
• Notre Dame de Namur Sister Denis Marie Harney, former Hawaii teacher
• Deacon Harvey Kawaihae, served at St. Joseph, Hilo, for 21 years
• Father Eugene Keusal, former Hawaii parish administrator
• Franciscan Sister Grace Louise Komine, Hilo-born educator
• Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Adele Marie Lennon, one of the first nine Carondelet Sisters to come to Hawaii
• Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Joan Madden, former Hawaii educator and founder of Hoala School in Wahiawa
• Myla Maravillosa, Hawaii soldier considering religious life who was killed in Iraq
• Maryknoll Sister Madelon Marie Mullen, former Hawaii teacher, parish minister and hospital chaplain
• Msgr. Raymond Nishigaya, former Hawaii pastor, vicar general, secretary to Bishop John J. Scanlan
• Sacred Hearts Sister Roberta Noda, Catholic educator and religious for 66 years
• Marianist Brother Paul Nomi, Hawaii-born teacher and counselor
• Hugh F.X. O’Reilly, Hawaii Catholic who established relationship between Schofield Barracks Wolfhounds and Holy Family Home orphanage in post-WWII Japan
• Christian Community Sister Mary Margaret O’Sullivan, served in Hawaii starting in 1970s
• Hawaii-born Marianist Father Charles Oyabu, served in the islands for more than 30 years
• Msgr. Roy V. Peters, decorated U.S. Army chaplain, Vietnam veteran and Hawaii parish priest
• William F. Quinn, first governor of the State of Hawaii and Star of the Sea parishioner
• Betty Santiago, long-time active parishioner of Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace
• Sacred Hearts Brother Dominic Stone, oldest member of his order in Hawaii, brother for 67 years
• Cardinal Pio Taofinu‘u of Samoa, first Polynesian cardinal and pioneer church leader in Pacific
• Maryknoll Sister Katherine Theiler, former Hawaii educator and school principal, spiritual counselor and pioneer
• Father Donald Thomas, convert who served as diocesan priest in Hawaii for 20 years