. LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Tribune News Service) Friday, April 9, is the beginning of the virtual Bataan Memorial Death March hosted by White Sands Missile Range, honoring the American and Filipino soldiers who were taken in as Japanese Prisoners of War during World War II. Last year s Bataan Memorial Death March was canceled after New Mexico s governor declared a public health emergency over the arrival of the COVID-19 virus. Tens of thousands of soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after battling for seven months. They were forced to march 65 miles across the rough Philippine terrain on April 9, 1942 and approximately 10,000 men died. Those who survived found themselves in POW camps forced to perform hard labor. They were all put through brutal conditions until the camps were liberated in 1945.
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Apr 6, 2021
Mary Theresa (Sell) Otten, 92, died peacefully at Welty Home on Thursday, April 1, 2021. She was born May 11, 1928 in Cumberland, Maryland, daughter of the late John J. and Ellen C. (Kesler) Sell. Mary was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert J. Otten, whom she married in 1975. She was also preceded in death by her second husband, Frank L. Bush, whom she married in 2015. They were very compatible as a couple and enjoyed may activities together. Mary had the pleasure of enjoying his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also suffered with family and friends when Frank’s son, Brent, died on July 2, 2016.
Franciscan Missionary Sisters lose oldest member
Sr. Mary Cecilia Lee: August 19, 1920 â March 20, 2021 Leaving Our Lady of Peace Retreat House, Beaverton, to do parish work in Taiwan in September 1972 were Sister Theresa Kuo and Sister Cecilia Lee, fourth and fifth from left. They had come to the United States from China two decades before. New on the retreat house staff were, from left, Sister Angela, Sister Gemma, who also came from China in 1952, and Sister Mary Carol. A mission booth at Knights of Columbus benefit barbecue helped pay expenses for Sisters journey to Taiwan. (Catholic Sentinel archives) 3/23/2021 11:19 AM
select Sr. Cecilia is one of three women of Our Lady of Peace pictured in the Resurrection Garden mural at Our Lady of Peace Retreat House. She is in her wheelchair, between Franciscan Sr. Chiara Melendez, representing the vigorous present of the order, and Ruth Shepherd, a member of the Franciscan Girl
Mar 11, 2021
Elizabeth Ann “Liddy” (Futey) Keylor, 98, of Wheeling, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 8, 2021 in Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Wheeling.
She was born August 30, 1922 in Barton, Ohio, the daughter of the late John and Veronica (Stincsik) Futey.
Liddy was a homemaker.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband Orian Keylor; three brothers, six sisters and three half-brothers.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Interment will be held at the convenience of the family at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling.
Arrangements by Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff Street, Wheeling.