Reverend John Ahern

Ahern, Reverend John S. Reverend John S. Ahern, son of James and Anna Ahern died Friday, December 7, 2012 at CT. Hospice. Fr. Ahern was born in New Haven on December 28, 1925. He entered St. Thomas Seminary in 1946 and completed his studies at Christ the King Seminary, St. Bonaventure University. He was ordained by the Most Reverend Archbishop Henry J. O'Brien on May 27, 1954 in St. Joseph's Cathedral. Fr. Ahern served at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Washington Depot, St. Mary's, Unionville, St. Patrick and St. Anthony, Hartford, St. Mary's, Newington, St. Michael's. Beacon Falls, Immaculate Conception, Norfolk and Church of Good Shepherd, Seymour. Fr. Ahern is survived by his brother, Donald (Theodora) Ahern, his sister, Jeanne (Vincent) Hines, nieces and nephews, Jo-Ann Munsill, Charles Lang, Eileen Fletcher, Julianna Albert, Mary Lou O'Keefe, Christine Sullo, Susan, James and Mary Ann Borger, Barbara Salzano, Doreen and Kathleen Ahern, Patricia Ahern Luby and John Hines. He was predeceased by sisters Julia Lang, Vera Reynolds, Margaret Heffernan, and Rita Borger, niece Frances Anastasio and nephews Daniel Ahern and Joseph and Vincent Hines. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford on Friday, December 14, 2012 at 11AM at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 135 Mountain Road, Seymour, CT. Burial in St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven. Friends may call on Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 4 to 7PM at the Church of Good Shepherd. Memorial contributions may be made to The Archdiocese of Hartford for Retired Priests and Religious, In Memory of Rev. John S. Ahern, 134 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Ct. 06105-3784. http://www.keenanfuneralhome.com