Fr. Gerard Senecal Passes Away

    Father Gerard Senecal, O. S. B., passed away on Jan. 19 at the age of 85.  He graduated from St. Benedicts College and spent many years there as a teacher and administrator though he received a Ph. D from KSU in Physics and worked as such places as Goddard Space Flight Center and for the Atomic Energy Commission at Oak Ridge.
    He served as president of Benedictine College for 15 years.  In 2013-2014,  he served as administrator of  the Immaculate Conception parish in St. Marys and the St. Stanislaus parish in Rossville.
    For his complete obituary which reviews his long and varied career,  go to:
http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2923458&fh_id=14129