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1936
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2021
John Zupez Obituary
Zupez, SJ, Fr. John H.
Fr. John H. (Jack) Zupez, SJ, died Feb. 21, 2021, in St. Louis. He was 84 years old, a Jesuit for 66 years and a priest for 53 years. Dedicated to social justice, he taught in a series of Jesuit high schools, including De Smet Jesuit and taught theology in colleges and seminaries in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. His final assignment was as prison chaplain in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, 2014 - 2020.
Born in St. Louis on Oct. 21, 1936, to John A. Zupez, Sr., and Cecelia Hartman Zupez, he is survived by his sister, Joan Kiburz; two nephews, Jack and William Kiburz; and a niece, Ann Kiburz. Visit www.JesuitsCentralSouthern.org/in-memoriam.
Services: Fr. Zupez donated his body to science. A Memorial Mass will be held Tuesday, March 16 at 7:15 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier College Church in St. Louis.
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John Lawson
November 5, 2022
I was a student of Fr Zupez in 1988 at Fairfield Prep in Fairfield CT. He had a profound effect on me and I will remember him always. Yea
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