Priests priest

burial plot

What can be found in St. Mary Cemetery today is a designated burial plot for the religious priests who served in Hancock County. This large plot is located in section S6-01A & 01B. 

There is one large monument which lists:
Rev. F. J. Blanc, Died June 14, 1903
Rev. Aloise Van Waesberghe, Died 1906
Rev Anthony A. Brown, Died Jan 15, 1919
Rev. Henry F. Mortier, Born May 17, 1859, Died Oct 18, 1933

Bishop Leo Fahey, Died March 31, 1950 *

Rev. Andrew J. Gmelch, Died May 16, 1955


*Bishop Fahey was interred in the Fahey family tomb which can be found in the section S5-04-03 of St. Mary’s.


Other religious burials known to be in this plot are:
Msgr. Gregory John Johnson, Born 07-01-1922, Died 07-20-2004
Rev. John T. O’Brien, Born April 24, 1921, Died May 18, 2009

Rev. John Andrew Izral, Born November 30, 1926, Died January 22, 2020

Rev. Richard Paul LaCorte, Born May 25, 1946, Died September 11, 2022

Rev. Dennis J. Carver, Born October 24, 1952, Died August 10, 2025

Also, the Rt. Rev. Joseph Jacobi, who died in 1950, is interred in the Jacobi family tomb in section S2-03-05 of St Mary’s instead of the plot for religious priests.