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Fr. Simeon Cleves, OFM
d. March 24, 2017
Fr. Simeon Cleves, OFM, chaplain at The Christ Hospital until his retirement two years ago, died Friday morning, March 24, 2017 at St. Margaret Hall, Cincinnati. One of eight children born to Edgar and Regina Cleves in 1928 in Covington, Kentucky, Fr. Simeon graduated from Covington Latin School and studied briefly at St. Francis Seminary in Cincinnati before entering the novitiate in 1946. After ordination in 1955, Fr. Simeon served as assistant pastor in Kansas City, Missouri, Lake Village, Arkansas before being named pastor of Sacred Heart in Gallup, New Mexico. He ministered as pastor or assistant pastor in Missouri, Kansas, New Orleans, Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Louisville, Ken., before moving into hospital chaplaincy in Baton Rouge and at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati where he ministered for 17 years. Fr. Simeon is survived by his brothers Edgar and Charles, and his sister Sr. M. Jeanne Frances, SND, and many nieces and nephews.
The reception of his body is Tuesday, March 28, at 6:00 p.m. at St. Margaret Hall Chapel, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 7:00 p.m. Interment will take place on Wednesday, March 29, at 10:00 a.m. in the friars’ plot at St. Mary Cemetery in St. Bernard, Ohio.
The reception of his body is Tuesday, March 28, at 6:00 p.m. at St. Margaret Hall Chapel, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 7:00 p.m. Interment will take place on Wednesday, March 29, at 10:00 a.m. in the friars’ plot at St. Mary Cemetery in St. Bernard, Ohio.
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