BOHRER, Rev. Father Raymond S.

BOHRER, CURRAN, MCCARTHY, LANGER, SPINNER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/23/2016 at 12:28:40

Obituary ~ Rev. Raymond S. Bohrer
August 03, 1903 ~ June 24, 1981

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Funeral Mass set for Father Bohrer

MASON CITY - A concelebrated funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Family Catholic Church here for the Rev. Raymond S. Bohrer, 77, a member of the Mason City Catholic Team Ministry, who died Wednesday (June 24, 1981) at a Mason City hospital.

The Most Rev. James J. Byrne, Archbishop of Dubuque, will be the principal concelebrant. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Rockwell.

Visitation is at Holy Family Catholic Church today and will continue with an all-night vigil until time of services Friday. A Scripture service will be held at 7:30 tonight.

Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, Mason City, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Rev. Raymond S. Bohrer Memorial Fund.

Born Aug. 3, 1903 in Wexford, Father Bohrer was graduated from Loras College, Dubuque, and received his theological training at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Md. He was ordained June 14, 1930, by Archbishop Francis J. Beckman at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque.

After his ordination, Father Bohrer served at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Spillville, and as hospital chaplain in Waverly before becoming associate pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City.

In 1937 he was assigned chaplain of Mercy Hospital, Mason City. A year later he became pastor of St. Bridget's Catholic Church, BLuffton. He had several parishes in Rockford, Rockwell, Cartersville and Swaledale before joining the Mason City Team Ministry in 1972.

He was appointed temporary administrator of St. Joseph Catholic Church here in 1974. Although he was to retire in 1975, Father Bohrer began helping with the pastoral ministry at Mercy Hospital in Mason City in 1974. By 1976 he had become a full-time chaplain at the hospital.

Of his job as chaplain, he said in a Globe-Gazette article in 1975 that, "Morale building is a big job. Sickness is a hard thing. . . . Some call it job counseling. I can't flatter it. I call it listening."

In June 1980, Father Bohrer celebrated his 50th anniversary in the Catholic priesthood.

Father Bohrer was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1006, third degree; Monsignor Dougherty Assembly of Knights of Columbus, fourth degree; and the Lions Club of Mason City.

Survivors include two brothers, William F., and Clem J. Bohrer, both of Milwaukee, Wis.; four sisters, Mrs. W. L. (Marguerite) Curran, Lansing; Mrs. Kathryn McCarthy, Waukon; Mrs. I. A. (Jeannette) Langer, Oconomowoc, Wis.; and Mrs. Frank (Florence) Spinner, Minneapolis. There are also several nieces and nephews surviving.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2016

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