By Glynnis Grainger
THE Requiem Mass for Fr Patrick Charles Turner – pictured at the far right in the photo above – who passed away peacefully on Friday, 11 March, was held at St Luke’s Church, Woodvale on Friday, 18 March, at 10.15am.
A Vigil Mass was held at St John of God Villa Chapel on St Patrick’s Day, Thursday, 17 March at 6.30pm.
He had a cerebral haemorrhage and died, aged 74.
He was born on 16 October 1936 at Perth, and educated at the Convent of Mercy, Toodyay; Denmark and Albany High Schools; Perth Technical College; St Charles’ Seminary, and St Francis Xavier Seminary, Magill, South Australia.
Fr Turner was ordained on 9 July 1966, and became assistant priest at Kalgoorlie in December that year, then at South Perth in February, 1970. He then became parish priest at Wongan Hills-Dalwallinu in March 1974, and was on leave and then on loan to Kalumburu Mission in February 1978.
He was then parish priest at Kelleberrin in February 1980; Maida Vale in June 1985; Bayswater in December 1994 and Woodvale in April 2001.
He took long service leave in April 2007, and latterly lived at Niana House, Castledare Village, Wilson, visiting St John of God Villa, Subiaco regularly.