Fr. Kevin O’Doherty, CMM, entered eternal life on January 2, 2023, at the age of 89.
Fr. O’Doherty was born in Detroit on Sept. 5, 1933. He made his profession of vows on Aug. 22, 1956; and was ordained a priest on May 26, 1962. Fr. O’Doherty attended St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Ind., and was ordained a priest in St. Patrick Church in Brighton.
Fr. O’Doherty served at Our Lady of Grace Church in Dearborn Heights as an associate pastor, and then as pastor; and as associate pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Ludington. He also served as a missionary in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, for a number of years, returning to the Mariannhill Community in Dearborn Heights in 2009, residing there until the time his health declined in 2019. He then went to live at Marywood Nursing Care Center in Livonia until the time of his death.
Fr. O’Doherty will lie in repose on Friday, Jan. 6, from 3-8 p.m. at Stanley Turowski Funeral Home, 25509 West Warren Avenue, Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127. He will lie in state on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 9:30 a.m. at Mariannhill Mission Society Chapel, 23715 Ann Arbor Trail, Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127 until the time of his funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Burial will be at St. Hedwig Cemetery, 23755 Military Road (West Warren Avenue), Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127.
Condolence may be sent to Mariannhill Mission Society, 23715 Ann Arbor Trail, Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127.
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