Thiel, Father Lloyd OFM Cap

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• Religious Vows: Abt 1952; Capuchin Order
• Obituary: 25 Sep 2010; Appleton Post Crescent

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Obituary:
Fr. Lloyd Thiel, age 80; passed away September 19, 2010. Fr. Lloyd was born in Hilbert, Wisconsin. He was invested in the Capuchin Order 1948, perpetually professed in 1952, and ordained a priest in 1956. He ministered at St. Lawrence Seminary in Mt. Calvary Wisconsin from 1957 - 1973, and was elected provincial minister of the Midwest Capuchin Province in 1973. From 1978 - 1992, Fr. Lloyd served as Director of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit. Before his retirement in 2004, Fr. Lloyd served in the Development Office in Detroit, as well as ministering as a hospital chaplain at Wm. Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. He was also weekend assistant at Sacred Heart Parish in Roseville and Good Shepard Parish in Lincoln Park.
He is survived by his siblings Melvin (Martha) Thiel, Harold (Dolores) Thiel, Alice (Ralph) Steiner, and Leon (Carol) Thiel; several nieces and nephews , and great-nieces and great-nephews, survive.
Father Lloyd is also preceded in death by two brothers, namely Eugene Thiel and Cyril Thiel, by one sister-in-law Margaret Thiel. and by one brother-in-law John Steffes.
Visitation will take place Monday, September 27th from 9 a.m. until the time of the memorial mass 11 a.m. at the St. Lawrence Seminary Chapel, 301 Church St., Mt. Calvary. Memorial contributions to the St. Bonaventure Monastery or the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, 1740 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, MI 48207 would be appreciated. Funeral arrangements handled by the Chas. Verheyden Funeral Home, Inc. Grosse Pointe, MI 313-881-8500. Light a candle and share a memory at:
www.verheyden.org
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