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Br. Leonard Stoffel

Birth Name
Joseph Edward Stoffel
Life
1939/2019
Day of remembrance
June
  
27

Brother Leonard Stoffel, 80, died on June 27, 2019 in Chicago.  A De La Salle Christian Brother for 61 years, he was born Joseph Edward Stoffel in St. Louis on January 3, 1939.  After graduating from Du Bourg HS in St. Louis, he entered the novitiate in 1957 in Glencoe, Missouri, and professed his final vows in 1964.  Brother earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and a master’s degree from St. Louis University.

Brother served in a variety of capacities at high schools in Chicago, Minneapolis, Tulsa, Galesburg, St. Louis, Jefferson City, Washington, DC, Cincinnati and Kansas City.  He also served the refugee community in St. Louis and the overseas apostolate in Ethiopia and Thailand. A lover of the arts, Br. Leonard very much enjoyed a trip to the theatre or an art museum.  An adventurous traveler, he never passed up an opportunity to explore new venues.

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