The Rev. Mary Lucille (Lucy) Parsons Alonzo, who met people’s needs through her frequent volunteering as a deacon, died December 13 at 86.
She was a graduate of Vassar College, the University of Rochester, and Colgate Rochester Divinity School. She was ordained deacon in 1991 and assigned to Christ Church, Rochester, where she led “A Meal and More” and refugee settlement.
She began her career as a chemistry teacher at Rochester’s West High School and later moved to the New York State Health Department. She won an award for her work on controlling tuberculosis.
Alonzo’s voluntary work also helped the Penfield Emergency Ambulance Service, the National Ski Patrol, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Sea Scouts. In churches, she was a Sunday school teacher, educational director, vestry member, and youth group organizer.
She is survived by her five children, five grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. One of her favorite songs was “Here I Am, Lord.”
The Rev. Alvaro Araica, a priest from Nicaragua, came to the United States in 1992 for graduate study, and spent the rest of his ministry in the Diocese of Chicago. He died December 31 at 63, after a long illness.
Araica was a graduate of the National University of Nicaragua and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1987 and priest in 1989. He served Iglesia Episcopal Santa Teresa de Avila in Chicago and then Iglesia Episcopal Cristo Rey in Chicago, where he was vicar until his death.
“Soon after I became bishop, Alvaro shared with me his dream of expanding our diocese’s Hispanic ministry efforts to create an office of multicultural ministry that would serve congregations across our diocese that are home to people from many cultures and traditions,” Bishop Paula Clark said in announcing his death. “I was inspired by his vision, and in August, I named him missioner for multicultural ministries.”
The bishop said that as the diocese engages in multicultural ministry in the future, it will do so in memory of Araica. He is survived by Marta, his wife of more than 41 years; two sons; a daughter; and a granddaughter.
The Rev. Canon Alfred Lewis Salt, a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Corps, died December 11 at 96.
He was a native of Hackensack, New Jersey, and a graduate of Bishop’s University in Quebec, Canada, and the Graduate Theological Foundation. He was ordained deacon and priest in Canada, and received into the Episcopal Church in 1972.
Salt served at parishes in Quebec; Saginaw, Michigan; Millington, New Jersey; and, in his retirement, St. Mary’s Church in Bonita Springs, Florida. He was the author of various articles for Bible Reading Fellowship, the Order of St. Luke, and Victorious Ministry Through Christ, a global prayer ministry focused on healing and growth.
His is survived by Elizabeth, his wife of 74 years; three sons; a daughter; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
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