SYRACUSE, New York — Father Jude Thaddeus DeAngelo, OFM Conv., a Franciscan Friar of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died Nov.18, 2025, in Syracuse.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Assumption Church, 812 N. Salina St., Syracuse N.Y. 13208, with a Franciscan Wake Service at 7 p.m. Visitation will also take place on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the church.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Assumption at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Interment will follow in Assumption Cemetery in Syracuse. The funeral Mass will be livestreamed on Facebook at http://facebook.com/assumptionsyr and YouTube at http://youtube.com/assumptionsyr.
Born in Binghamton on Jan. 10, 1957, he was son of the late Anthony and Nancy (née Guerriero) DeAngelo.
After graduating from Catholic Center High School, he began formation with the Conventual Franciscans, entering the novitiate in 1976 and professing simple vows on Aug. 14, 1977. He then studied at St. Hyacinth College Seminary in Granby, Massachusetts, before making his solemn profession of vows on Aug. 10, 1980. After earning his M.Div. from St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York, he was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1984, in Albany.
Father Jude spent his first few months of ministry at St. Peter Parish in Riverside, New Jersey, before becoming a teacher at the former McCorristin High School in Trenton, where he ministered until 1991. He then returned to St. Peter’s in Riverside, where he served as pastor until 1994, when he was elected as Vicar Provincial and Secretary of the former Immaculate Conception Province, residing in Rensselaer. After completing his term in provincial administration, Father Jude served for one year as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
In 1997, Father Jude commenced 25 years of service and sacrifice as a campus minister, first at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem (1997-2010) and then at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (2010-2022). His gentle compassion, tireless effort, quick wit and Franciscan witness helped evangelize and form two generations of young people in their journeys of faith. Father Jude spent his final years in Syracuse, serving as pastor of Assumption Parish.
He is survived by his seven siblings: Nancy, Gregory, Elizabeth, Anthony, Ronald, Jan and Randy; as well as an abundance of devoted nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Franciscan Education Burse, 12300 Folly Quarter Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042.
— Catholic News Herald
HUNTERSVILLE — Rev. Dr. Ronald David Sherwood, PhD, passed away into the arms of his Heavenly Father Oct. 23, 2025, in Charlotte, with his family by his side.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, at St. Mark Catholic Church, 14740 Stumptown Road in Huntersville. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at St. Mark Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Community Cemetery in Cornelius.
Ronald Sherwood was born April 28, 1941, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Donald Sherwood and Regina (Hammer) Sherwood.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in the field of theology from Hamilton University. He was ordained a deacon in the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, in 1977. He faithfully served the Church first in Ohio, and after he and his wife Vicky moved to North Carolina, he served at St. Mark Catholic Parish in Huntersville from 2004 until his retirement in 2013. He was also a proud U.S. Navy veteran.
His siblings wish to express their gratitude to his daughter-in-law, Carolynn Sherwood, as she used her talent as a nurse to love and care for him throughout his illness. We will remember Ronny for his love of his family, old Westerns, and cracking jokes to bring a smile to people’s faces every day. He will be lovingly missed. Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints. (Psalm 116:15)
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Rodney of Arizona, Michael of Florida, and Donna, his infant sister of Michigan.
Survivors include his wife Virginia (Vicky); his two sons, Ronald Jr. and his wife Carolynn, and Stephen and his partner Julie; and his two beloved granddaughters, Presley and Sydney Sherwood. Also surviving are his brothers: Walter Sherwood and his wife Susan of Michigan, Frederick Leiter and his wife Brenda of Florida, and his sister Carol Koster of Michigan.
James Funeral Home of Huntersville is in charge of the arrangements.
— Catholic News Herald