Fr. Louis J. Oldani SJ

Mr. Oldani, SJ was our frosh English teacher at Rockhurst HS '59-'60, long time ago but seems like yesterday. He was tough but a good teacher, very precise. I guess he would've been only 26 when he taught us. Sounds like he had a long career as a college professor, which I'm sure he was very good at. RIP and condolences to his family and fellow Jesuits, incl. another great teacher, Fr. Marko.

Cousins are special because of our shared childhood memories and dreams we share with each other. Cousins are life's treasure forever. Louis Oldani (Sonny to family) was particular remembered by me and my husband Norm because he married us at St Louis University Lower College Church in 1969. Sonny was such a wonderful writer and thinker and he made our wedding very memorable. My husband went to Rockhurst for two years and when we went there for visits we would find Sonny and have a great...

The family name for Fr. Oldani was Sonny. (After he was ordained, we'd jokingly call him Father Sonny. When I think of Sonny, I see his smiling face. He never frowned or looked sad. From childhood and throughout his life, whenever we met--at a family gathering or a run-in on the SLU campus--his greeting began with a smile and a light in his eyes. The last time I saw Sonny was in a crowded chapel for a Jubilee celebration for the St. Louis Daughters of Charity. I turned and happened to...