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

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