Remembering the recently deceased in the Archdiocese of Seattle

Sister Mary Ann Herres (M. Michael James), SNJMSPOKANE

Sister Mary Ann Herres, a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, died Dec. 18. She was 89.

She was born and raised in Pomeroy, growing up on a large wheat farm. She attended Pomeroy High School and St. Patrick’s in Walla Walla. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Holy Names College and a Master of Arts from Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri, in elementary education.

For three years she worked as a medical technologist at Virginia Mason Hospital as well as helping her brother care for his children after their mother died. In 1952 she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of the Holy Names. She spent her early years in elementary education in parish schools in Oregon and Washington. She later served as principal in schools in Spokane and Seattle, before parish ministry at St. James Cathedral.

She decided to focus her ministerial work with Hispanics in the Yakima Valley. She worked as director of religious education at St. Peter Claver Parish in Wapato, and later helped open a center for women and children. In 2009 she moved to the Convent of the Holy Names.

She is survived by her brother, Richard; and nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 21 at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Spokane.

Michael A. CastillanoSEATTLE

Michael Castillano, a member of Immaculate Conception Parish, died Dec. 6, of congestive heart failure. He was 78.

He graduated from O’Dea High School in 1956, then served in the Army for six months of active duty and then six years in the Army Reserves. He received a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University in 1961, teacher certification in 1968 and a master’s in education from the University of Washington in 1975.

He was the first Filipino-American hired into administration at the University of Washington, as assistant vice president of minority affairs from 1970 to 1982. He became director of development at Seattle Central Community College and then assistant dean at South Seattle Community College until his retirement in 2000. He tutored at North Seattle Community College until 2013.

He loved food, hats, hosting and especially family dinners.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Diane.

Survivors include his daughters, Lisa Szilassy and Lori Montone; four grandchildren; sisters Dorothy Cordova, Marya Bergstrom, Jeannette Tiffany and Frances Castillano; and brother Ben Laigo.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church.

Sister Angelica McGuire, OPSEATTLE

Sister Angelica McGuire, a member of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, died Nov. 26. She was 87, and in her 68th year of her religious profession.

She was born in Snoqualmie and graduated from Holy Angels Academy in Seattle, St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in Tacoma and Seattle University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

She spent 40 years ministering as a nurse in Chehalis, Aberdeen and Seattle at Harborview Medical Center, Cabrini Hospital and Ballard Convalescent Center. She also volunteered with prayer and jail ministry.

In 2014 she became a resident at St. Joseph Residence in Seattle.

She is survived by her sister, Dolores Cullinane; and nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 6 at St. Joseph Residence.

Sister Judith Roberts, SPSEATTLE

Sister Judith Roberts, a member of the Sisters of Providence, died Nov. 25. She was 76.

She was born Judith Allen in Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from Central Catholic High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Purdue-West Lafayette College and St. Francis College in Fort Wayne. She also took business and accounting courses at American Institute of Banking in Fort Wayne and Eastern University in Roswell, New Mexico.

From 1972 to 1991 she worked as a probate tax accountant for financial banking institutions as well as an accountant for a nonprofit organization.

She married in 1963 and had two children, but the marriage was later annulled. She entered the Sisters of Providence in August of 1992, in Seattle. She professed final vows in 1998 and received the name Sister Judith Roberts.

She began her ministry as an outreach minister and bookkeeper at the Downtown Chapel’s ministry, MacDonald Center in Portland, Oregon, in 1994. From 1995 to 1996 she served as a member of the Providence Hospitality House in Seattle.

To prepare for her international ministry, she lived for three months with a family in Mexico while attending a Spanish language school program. Her ministry included time in Yakima, a training program in Maryknoll in Chicago, Illinois, Bolivia in South America and a cross-cultural ministry in El Salvador. From 1999 to 2005 she ministered in Great Falls, Montana; Portland, Oregon; and Marylhurst. She retired in 2014 and moved to St. Joseph Residence in Seattle. She volunteered with patients, and her favorite hobby was creating handcrafted cards for her sisters, family and friends.

She is survived by her children, Amanda Grey of Napa, California, and Terri Davis of Fort Wayne, Indiana; brother, Don Allen of Kenmore; sister, Ruthann Martin of Lake Forest Park; and grandchildren.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 12 at St. Joseph Residence.

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