Funeral Mass for James Jauron, age 76, of Indianola, who passed away Sunday will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Cremation will follow services and burial of cremains will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery at Van Meter at a later date. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. prior to services at the church. Memorials may be directed to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Glendale Star Managing Editor
From parking lot events to streaming services, holy day celebrations in December are quite a bit different this year as places of worship adjust to the troubled times.
But thatâs what religions have been doing for generations.
This week, Christians will celebrate the birth of Jesus. According to the Gospel of Matthew, wise men from the east followed a star to find Jesus: âThen, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another path.â
A holiday gift: Watch this Orpheus Chamber Singers Christmas concert online for free
Recorded at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, the program includes traditional carols and Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols.”
The Orpheus Chamber Singers perform their Christmas program at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church on Dec. 21, 2019, in Dallas.(Robert W. Hart / Special Contributor)
The Orpheus Chamber Singers reliably serves up its popular Christmas program at area churches this time of year.
But amid the coronavirus pandemic, with worries about choral singing as a viral spreader not to mention large audiences this year’s Christmas concert will be virtual, released online Thursday.
Donald G. Kramer Donald G. Kramer
In the early morning of December 11, 2020, Donald George Kramer passed away in his sleep.
A private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. A celebration of Don’s life is planned for a future and appropriate date. To view and sign this guestbook, and to see details about a livestream of the Mass, please visit www.ryanfuneralservice.com .
See the complete obituary in the December 24, 2020 issue of The Richland Observer.
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