Kosik, Edward J. : 1938-xxxx

Rev. Edward J. Kosik

Rev. Edward J. Kosik was born in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, December 19, 1938, the son of the late Emery and Alice Kosik.  He attended the Moshannon Valley grade and high schools graduating in May, 1956.

He began his studies for the priesthood by entering St. Mark's Seminary in Erie September 1957 and going to Gannon College for two years.  Then he went to Christ the King Seminary at St. Bonaventure, New York, for the study of philosophy and theology in September of 1959.

He was ordained to the priesthood on May 27, 1965, with the Rev. Charles Murcko as ordination sponsor and said his first Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Houtzdale.  His first assignment was as a summer assistant at Sacred Heart Parish in Erie, from there he went to teach at DuBois Central Christian High School while residing at St. Catherine's in DuBois.

In June of 1966, he was transferred to Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church in Lewis Run as a resident and to teach at Bradford Central Christian High School.  After receiving his master's degree in guidance and counseling at St. Bonaventure University in 1972, he became director of guidance at Bradford Central Christian High School while living at Lewis Run.

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 51

LaHive, John Augustine : 1887-1943

Rev. John LaHive

Father John LaHive was born in Houtzdale in July of 1887, the son of Annie and James LaHive.  He was a member of St. Lawrence parish and was educated at the St. Lawrence Parochial and Houtzdale public schools.

He entered the seminary at St. Francis of Loretto and was ordained June 9, 1933.  His first Mass was said at St. Mark's of Altoona, June 10, 1933.  Following Ordination he was assigned to a Catholic school in Groom, Texas, where he died in 1944.

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 50

You can visit the memorial page for Rev John Augustine LaHive.

Delaney, James T. (Rev.) - 1965

Rev. John Gordon

Rev. John Gordon was born in Houtzdale January 9, 1897, the son of George and Johanna Gordon.  He graduated from Pennsylvania State College in the field of science in 1919, and entered the business world as a chemist before entering Mount St. Mary's Seminary at Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1922.

Father Gordon was ordained to the priesthood in 1928, and remained at Mount St. Mary's as a member of the faculty in the science department, of which he eventually became the head.  He received his doctorate at the Catholic University, Washington, D. C.  Father taught at Mount St. Mary's for 41 years from 1924-1965.  He died at the Mount, suddenly, on November 21, 1965.

In the Winter Issue of the Mount Alumnus Rev. James T. Delaney in a tribute to Father Gordon had the following to say:
“Father Gordon was a philosopher.  He spent many years of his life here at Mount St. Mary's.  He spent his time here because he preferred it to any other.  He loved the mountains and the school, the chapel and the seminary.  To him they were not cold blocks and silent heaps of earth and stone.  To him they represented a part of a way of life, and this way of life he loved.  And loving it he exemplified it as few have ever done.

If we must choose how to remember Father Gordon, is not the greatest tribute to say of him: He was a dedicated priest.  He walked in greatness every day of his life although he was unknown to the world.

In 1964, a vision of Father Gordon was born in stone with the construction of the Science Hall, which at his suggestion was dedicated to his beloved friend, Father Coad.  The magnificent auditorium of the Science Hall bears his name, so that generation upon generation of students will learn in the very hall sanctified by his presence.”

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 50

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Gordon, John C. (Rev.) : 1897-1965

Rev. John Gordon

Rev. John Gordon was born in Houtzdale January 9, 1897, the son of George and Johanna Gordon.  He graduated from Pennsylvania State College in the field of science in 1919, and entered the business world as a chemist before entering Mount St. Mary's Seminary at Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1922.

Father Gordon was ordained to the priesthood in 1928, and remained at Mount St. Mary's as a member of the faculty in the science department, of which he eventually became the head.  He received his doctorate at the Catholic University, Washington, D. C.  Father taught at Mount St. Mary's for 41 years from 1924-1965.  He died at the Mount, suddenly, on November 21, 1965.

In the Winter Issue of the Mount Alumnus Rev. James T. Delaney in a tribute to Father Gordon had the following to say:
“Father Gordon was a philosopher.  He spent many years of his life here at Mount St. Mary's.  He spent his time here because he preferred it to any other.  He loved the mountains and the school, the chapel and the seminary.  To him they were not cold blocks and silent heaps of earth and stone.  To him they represented a part of a way of life, and this way of life he loved.  And loving it he exemplified it as few have ever done.

If we must choose how to remember Father Gordon, is not the greatest tribute to say of him: He was a dedicated priest.  He walked in greatness every day of his life although he was unknown to the world.

In 1964, a vision of Father Gordon was born in stone with the construction of the Science Hall, which at his suggestion was dedicated to his beloved friend, Father Coad.  The magnificent auditorium of the Science Hall bears his name, so that generation upon generation of students will learn in the very hall sanctified by his presence.”

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 50

You can visit the memorial page for Rev John C. Gordon.

Simendinger, Raymond : 1888-1953

Rev. Raymond L. Simendinger

Father Simendinger was born in Brisbin, Pennsylvania August 10, 1888, the son of  John and Catherine Simendinger.  He was a member of the St. Lawrence Church, and attended the St. Lawrence Parochial School.  He was graduated from Niagara University, Buffalo, New York.

Father Simendinger was ordained by Denis Cardinal Dougherty in the st. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo, New York June 10, 1917, and said his first Mass at St. Lawrence's of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania.

He spent six years at St. Thomas' Church in Corry, Pennsylvania as assistant pastor, one year at St. Catherine's Church in DuBois, Pennsylvania as assistant pastor, six years as pastor  of St. Nicholas Tolentino Church in Crates, and in 1941 he was assigned the parish of St. Bibliana's, Galeton.

Father Simendinger became ill in 1948 and died in the DuBois hospital October 3, 1953, and is buried in the St. Lawrence Cemetery, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania.

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 49

You can visit the memorial page for Rev Raymond L. Simendinger.

Palcisko, Raymond J. : xxxx-xxxx

Father Raymond J. Palcisko was born in Chesterfield, Pennsylvania, where he attended elementary school followed by 12 years at the Pontificial College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, which included high school and seminary.

Father was ordained June 10, 1958, in the Seminary Chapel by Amleto Cicognani, then Apostolic Delegate to the United States.  His ordination was for the Diocese of Crookston in Northwestern Minnesota, an all rural diocese.

His first assignment was Park Rapids, Minnesota, where he was an assistant at St. Peter's parish.  In addition, he was responsible for the Catholic hospital and two mission churches forty miles away -- St. Theodore's in La Porte and St. Lawrence's in Guthrie, Minnesota.  In 1964 Father became assistant at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston.  In 1970 he became assistant at the Sacred Heart Church, East Grand Forks, Minnesota.  In 1971 Father became pastor of the Sacred Heart Parish of Baudette, Minnesota, together with the Mission of St. Mary at Badger, Minnesota.

In addition to his parish work Father is a team priest in the Marriage Encounter Program, and has presided at these programs throughout the United States.

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 49

Welsh, Zita : 1873-xxxx

Sister Zita Welsh

Sister Zita was born in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania July 26, 1873, and entered the sisters of St. Joseph, where she took her final vows March 18, 1893.

Sister Zita was the founding superior at the Blessed Sacrement <sic> School, when it opened.  She was a religious <sic> for sixty years and was often sent to solicit money for the orphans.

Her death was very tragic.  She was killed on her way to visit her sister Mary, who was very ill.  At Maryvale, where she had been Superior, a shrine was erected in her memory by some of her students.

~ A Glance Back, A Look Ahead, Christ The King Church, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, 1977, Page 54

Allen, Tristram - 1802

 Name:  Tristram Allen

Death Date:  April 1802

Ship: 
Age at Death: 
Resident of Nantucket:  Yes
Details:  Lost at sea in the West Indies.
~ Nantucket Historical Association

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Allen, Tristram - 1767

 Name:  Tristram Allen

Death Date:  1767

Ship: 
Age at Death:  23
Resident of Nantucket:  Yes
Details:  Lost at sea on his way to London
~ Nantucket Historical Association

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Allen, Sylvanus Jr. - 1836

 Name:  Sylvanus Allen

Death Date:  1836

Ship: 
Age at Death: 
Resident of Nantucket: 
Details:  Died at sea
~ Nantucket Historical Association

You can visit the memorial page for Sylvanus Allen Jr.