Rev. John Turner

Rev. Mr. John Hamilton Turner (born John Osmond Toerner, Jr.) Aug. 29, 1928 to John O. Toerner and Susan Hamilton Toerner in Lancaster, PA. He was a 1946 graduate of Regis H.S., NYC-the first offspring of a Regis grad. His father was a member of the first graduating class of 1918. He won a full academic scholarship to St. Peter's University in Jersey City, where he received a B.A. degree. He later attended Pace, earning a second degree. He spent time as a Trappist monk at Gethsemani Monastery in Kentucky. He later left the monastic life and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Maria do Rosario Fonseca of Lisbon, Portugal on Sept. 7, 1957 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. He moved his family to Mt. Rainier, MD in 1965, taking a position with the U.S. Treasury Dept. from where he retired after many years of service. He was ordained a deacon at St. Matthews Cathedral, Wash. DC in 1996 and served St. James Catholic Church in Mt. Rainier, MD. He is survived by his wife Maria and their seven children: William, Charles, Joan, John and Edward Turner, Patricia Goodman and Elizabeth Clarke. He also leaves 15 grandchildren: John, Joe, Grace, James and Mary Turner; Gabe and Thomas Turner; Katherine, Philip and Patrick Turner; Madeline and Olivia Goodman; Zoe, Nina and Nicolas Clarke. He also leaves 2 siblings: Mary Dib and James Toerner. There will be viewings at Gasch's Funeral Home on Thur, May 10, 2-9 pm and at St. James Catholic Church, Mt. Rainier, MD on Fri, May 11, from 9-11am. A funeral mass will follow. The mass will be followed by burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Bladensburg Rd, NE Wash. DC

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