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Father paul stauder dies nov. 16

Father Paul W. Stauder died Nov. 16 at the Rosewood Care Center in Swansea. Father Stauder was 90 years old.

He was ordained a priest on May 22, 1948 by Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste.

He attended St. Henry Seminary and completed his seminary studies at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Ill.

In his first and only associate pastor assignment he served at St. Teresa Parish in Belleville until his appointment as pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Enfield in 1954. Five years later he was named the pastor of St. Catherine Parish in Grand Chain and the former Our Lady of Fatima in Ullin.

From 1960 until 1963 Father Stauder’s ministry was as a chaplain at St. Clement’s Hospital in Red Bud and St. Mary’s Hospital in East St. Louis. In 1963 he began a six-year pastorate of St. Anthony Parish in Lively Grove before completing two years as the pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Bridgeport.

In 1971 Father Stauder was named the diocesan photographer and archivist, a position he retained for six years. For many years he pursued an interest in radio and television ministry.

He began his final ministry as the administrator and then the pastor of the former St. Henry Parish in East St. Louis. In 1984 he returned to St. Clement’s Hospital and the Clementine Residence as chaplain until his retirement in 1990 with residence at the Hincke-Sense Residence. He later moved to Rosewood Nursing Home in Swansea.

Father Stauder was the eldest of five children born April 12, 1921 to Raymond L. and Elizabeth Bachinger Stauder.
He is preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Virginia Stauder.

He is survived by his sisters, Eleanor Blackburn of St. Louis, Mo., Mary Ann Evans of Vermont and Elizabeth “Betty” Lehr of Columbia; and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Nov. 21 at St. Peter Cathedral in Belleville with Bishop Edward K. Braxton principal celebrant.

Interment was in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery inFairview Heights following the Mass.