- Date Of Birth: August 21, 1940
- Date Of Death: May 18, 2014
- State: Indiana
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Rev. Merwyn Jerome Thomas, C.S.C., 73, died Sunday (May 18, 2014) at the Center for Hospice Care.
He was born on Aug. 21, 1940, to Joseph H. and Evelyn M. (Corbat) Thomas in Jacksonville, Fla. Fr. Thomas graduated from Bishop Kenney High School in Jacksonville in 1958 and attended Jacksonville University for a year before transferring to the University of Notre Dame. He was received into the Congregation of Holy Cross on Aug. 15, 1960, and professed first vows on Aug 16, 1961. Fr. Thomas graduated from Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 1963. He made his final vows on Aug. 16, 1964. After four years of theology at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., Fr. Thomas was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1967, at Notre Dame.
Fr. Thomas served as a math teacher at Notre Dame High School for Boys, Niles, Ill., from 1967 to 1975. He received a Master of Science degree from Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas, in May 1978. After a year as chairman of the mathematics department at Notre Dame High School for Boys in Niles, he served as rector of Fisher Hall at the University of Notre Dame from 1979 to 1986. He served as associate professor of math at Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, from 1980 to 2009. Fr. Thomas also served as an adjunct instructor in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame from 1985-1987. He moved to Holy Cross House in 2009.
Fr. Thomas’ parents are deceased. Surviving are his sisters, Alene and Geraldine, both of Jacksonville.
Wednesday May 21 2014
Holy Cross Community Cemetery University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
