07/09/2023
Father Jerry Trancone was hearing and became a Catholic priest in 1969. He was appointed as Catholic Chaplain of Gallaudet University in 1978 and also Adminstrator of St. Francis Deaf Church in the Archdiocese of Washington in 1997. Fr. Jerry ministered to the Deaf for 37 years until his retirement in 2015.
Fr. Jerry died at the age of 80 on July 4th, 2023. His funeral Mass will be celebrated by Wilton Cardinal Gregory at St. Bernard Catholic Church located in Riverdale, Maryland at 10 am on Friday, July 14th, 2023.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen. May almighty God bless us with his peace and strength, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
PS: As these pictures shown, in the end of November, 2017, Fr. Jerry met me in Washington, DC. It was the last time to see me before he became blind.