Deceased Friars
Our Capuchin brother Victor Kriley, OFM Cap., 88, died on March 7, 2006, at Embassy of Saxonburg under the care of Bridges Hospice Care in Saxonburg, PA. He had been a resident at Embassy since December 2012, and had benefitted from the support of caregivers for more than 13 years. After many years of service in the United States and in Papua New Guinea, these final years allowed him to benefit from the encouragement and love of his large number of relatives – brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews – who had always seen our brother as a friend and a hero. In the same way, Victor himself once wrote this when he celebrated his Jubilee as a priest:
Sometimes in ministry I have met people who did not seem to have any other members of their family that they communicated with -- no members of the family cared for one another. I could not understand that and didn't really believe it until a death happened in that family. Other members hardly had time to come to the funeral to pay their respects to a brother or a sister. I am blessed with a wonderful family. It was very common for my sisters and brothers (along with their spouses) to make special efforts to come together for an evening - sometime each month. I'm grateful for my family and how we have stayed close to one another.
The family continued that “closeness” throughout his life; many were there at his funeral, together in prayer, as he went on to meet Sister Death.
We remember the brother who passed on to eternal life
in the Lord Jesus during our previous triennium.