A memorial Mass for Precious Blood Father Gregory Comella was held Aug 16 at St. Charles Center in Carthagena. Father Comella died Aug. 2 in Oakland, Calif.

A native of Waukegan, Ill., Father Comella, 61, entered formation with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in 1972 and was ordained in 1975. Following his ordination, he served as spiritual director at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., then as chaplain at Calumet College of St. Joseph in Whiting, Ind., both sponsored by the Missionaries.

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Precious Blood Father Gregory Comella

He was named director of the province’s mission house in Berkeley in 1993. For many years he served as an adjunct faculty member with St. Thomas of Villanova University in Miami.

In 1995, he became a member of the Cincinnati Province and lived for a short time at St. Charles Center before returning to Berkeley.

He is survived by three sisters, Pamela Crouch of Zion, Ill.; Vicky Lewis of Lawrenceburg, Ky; and Peggy Comella of Georgetown, Ky.

A memorial Mass was also held August 16 at the St. Joseph Parish Learning Center in Alameda, Calif., and memorial services were held in Chicago, Florida and India and Berkeley. Interment was in California.

Sister Nancy Krista

Sister Nancy Krista died Aug. 3 in Franklin at the age of 76. A native of Dayton, she was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 53 years.

Sister Nancy Krista spent 35 years as a classroom teacher. She began her ministry teaching at Mount Notre Dame Academy in Reading. She also taught in Arizona and at St. Francis de Sales School in Lebanon. For 13 years she served as principal of John XXIII Elementary School in Middletown.

After retiring in 2005, Sister Nancy was a volunteer visitor to shut-ins at Holy Family Parish and two nursing homes, Garden Manor and McKnight Terrace, all in Middletown.

Sister Nancy earned a bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy from Dominican College in California and a master’s degree in elementary administration from the University of Dayton.

She is survived by a sister, Toni Lee, in Illinois and a brother, John, from Dayton.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at the Mount Notre Dame convent chapel in Cincinnati.