[Magdalen] Gary Peter Fertig, Priest + R.I.P.

[Christopher Hart]

I think that I was only at Ascension once during Fr. Gary Fertig's
rectorship. This would have been in the late 90's. I visited twice during
the 80's when Ed Norris was the rector. Whatever became of him? Is he still
living?

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Our retired rector at Ascension, Chicago, died today. The first most
> of us heard of his illness was via an intercession at Mass last night,
> "Pray for Gary Fertig, who is gravely ill." After Mass, many who were
> present went to the sacristy right away to ask the celebrant what was
> wrong with Gary+; he didn't know and said when he opened the
> intercession book and read the petition, that was the first he had
> heard and was all he knew.
>
> Rest eternal grant unto your faithful servant Gary, Priest, O Lord,
> and let light perpetual shine upon him.
> May his soul, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of
> God rest in peace. Amen.
>
> http://www.ascensionchicago.org
> (As webmaster, I figured I should do something to get the word out and
> make the site not look business-as-usual, so I stopped the slide show
> and made the page temporarily all about this announcement. Major
> Solemn Requiem ahead, I'm sure. He lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan (while
> maintaining a lakeshore condo here in Chicago); I don't know about any
> arrangements yet.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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