Milestones
MARRIAGES
IN MEMORIAM
Scott Hoener ’12 and Antonia Franco, April 24, 2020
Notifications through July 5, 2020
This listing includes notifications of the passing of De Smet Jesuit alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, and immediate relatives through July 5, 2020. If we have missed someone, please notify the Alumni Office at alumni@desmet.org or 314-567-3500. Michael Brauch, father of Kyle Brauch ’20 Ann Marie Cochran, mother of Andrew ’07, John ’10, and Daniel Cochran ’15 Andrew Durham ’06, son of Paul Durham (former faculty) Stuart Hilton ’15
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Joe Madigan ’03 and Amanda: Peter Louis, January 30, 2020
David Koesterer, S.J. (former faculty) Donald Lewis, father of Chris ’80, Matt ’84, and Jimmy Lewis ’86 Larry Niemann, Jr. ’75
Scott Hessel ’09 and Barbara: Charles “Charlie” Alexander, May 7, 2020
IN TRIBUTE
Francis X. Ryan, S.J. (former faculty) Phyllis I. Sansone, mother of Steven ’71, David ’73, Christopher ’75, and Joseph Sansone ’77 Marilyn E. Siervo, mother of James Siervo ’81 and grandmother of Nicholas Siervo ’14 Georgia A. Stewart mother of John Stewart ’77, and grandmother of Brian Stewart ’05
Robert Podry ’78
Norman T. Zink, father of Norman ’72 and Thomas Zink ’74
Ronald W. Rebore, Sr., father of Ronald W. Rebore, Jr. ’90 (former faculty), and grandfather of Will Rebore ’24
Gordon J. Zobel, father of David Zobel ’05 and brother of Craig Zobel ’78
Fr. David Koesterer, S.J.
Fr. Francis Ryan, S.J.
Fr. David Koesterer, S.J., entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) August 8, 1951, at St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant. He pronounced First Vows August 15, 1953, and was ordained a priest on June 16, 1964, at St. Mary’s College in St. Mary’s, Kansas. He pronounced Final Vows February 1, 1972, at De Smet Jesuit. In 1967, Fr. Koesterer was assigned to teach German and French at De Smet Jesuit, where he remained for nine years. He was a fiery and explosive individual, who often relaxed by playing piano in the Choir Room (101), which at that time was the theater for the De Smet Dionysian Players. In 1976, he felt called to shift his apostolic work and dedicated the next four years to studying music; he received a master’s degree in piano from Ball State University in 1979. Between 1980 and 1989, he served in a variety of parishes in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Missouri. He served as a retreat director and spiritual director at the White House Retreat Center in St. Louis from 1991 to 2006. He served in pastoral ministry in St. Louis from 2006 until early 2019, when health issues compelled his move to the infirmary at Jesuit Hall. Fr. Koesterer passed away on March 11, 2020, at the age of 90. – Courtesy of the Jesuits’ Central and Southern Province
Fr. Francis Ryan, S.J. was a unique character — one of a kind! He graced the halls of De Smet Jesuit first as a scholastic (1978–1981) teaching theology and then returning as a priest (1986–1989) serving as pastoral director and teacher. Fr. Ryan was a charismatic individual, dedicated to educating with his unique brand of humor. Sponsoring the Marching Kazoo Band at half-time of football games, selling tickets to a spoof Bunny Rabbit Bash, he captured students’ imaginations, getting students to join the “Pastorial” (deliberately misspelled) Office. Fr. Ryan was a scholar of English, studying in Ireland and receiving a doctorate from Oxford, and then serving as the English Department Chair (1997–2011) at John Carroll University in Cleveland. He was also an example of lived holiness and service — directing retreats at the White House Retreat Center, serving as a chaplain at Saint Louis University Hospital, and finally ministering to the aged and infirmed at the Pavilion at Jesuit Hall. Fr. Ryan lived life to the fullest, in his own unique impish way, “for the greater glory of God.” He passed away on March 11, 2020, just two days shy of his 67th birthday. – Courtesy of Ken Luecke
16 Odyssey
David Pickhardt ’87
Nicole Reichert, mother of Beau Reichert ’22
SUMMER 2020
