FOREST, Va. — Deacon Frederick Carlos Scarletto, 66, of Forest, Va., died on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.
The family will receive visitors on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. at St. Thomas More Church in Lynchburg, Va., with a funeral Mass to follow at 7 p.m. celebrated by Monsignor Michael D. McCarron. A reception will follow in More Hall. Inurnment will be held Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at 2 p.m. in the Columbarium at St. Thomas More Church.
He was born on Feb. 14, 1951, in Canton, Ohio, a son of Fred Michael and Mary Rose Marletto Scarletto.
He was the husband of Anne Therese Dubs Scarletto for 45 years.
He was proud to serve his country as a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War. "Deacon Fred" faithfully served as business/facilities manager at St. Thomas More Church.
He was ordained for the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio on Nov. 18, 1995, by Bishop Benedict Charles Franzetta.
He also served as a deacon in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y. and the Diocese of Charlotte. He also had the distinction of being a 4th Degree in the Knights of Columbus.
After ordination he began his diaconate ministry at St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Parish in Canton, Ohio, and served as adult education coordinator for five years. While in Canton he also served at Our Lady of Peace Parish for a year before he and his family moved to Schenectady, N.Y.
After receiving faculties in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y., he continued serving in youth ministry. He was appointed director of youth ministry for a cluster of parishes in Schenectady. During the next three years, Deacon Scarletto directed catechesis and youth ministry for approximately 350 students in grades 6 to 12.
In 2003 the Scarletto family moved to High Point, where he was assigned to serve at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. He served in High Point for six years until leaving the Charlotte diocese in 2009.
Most of his 22 years of ordained ministry was involved with faith formation, from the very young to adults. It was in the formation of others that “Deacon Fred” found his call and planted the seeds of faith in many he touched.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his daughter, Edith Scarletto of Bowling Green, Ohio; son, David J. Scarletto and wife, Nikea of Wilmington, N.C.; brother, David W. Scarletto of Canton, Ohio; grandchildren, Evelyn, Katherine and Isabelle Scarletto-Scholl, and Miabella Scarletto; and many close friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to a Main Chalice and a vintage Monstrance, both implements of the Order of Deacon, to be used during church rituals. To donate, place "Deacon" in the memo portion of the check made out to St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 3015 Roundelay Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Donations may also be made to the Wounded Warriors Project or the American Heart Association.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory of Lynchburg was in charge of the arrangements.
— Catholic News Herald
CHESTER, S.C. — Deacon Charles Knight, 85, of Chester, S.C., passed away Sept. 13, 2017, at his residence.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, at Our Lady Consolation Church, located at 2301 Statesville Ave. in Charlotte. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. Burial will follow at York Memorial Park.
Visitation will also take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at Our Lady of Consolation Church.
Deacon Knight was a member of Our Lady of Consolation Parish since 1962.
Although he lived in South Carolina, Deacon Knight often returned to regularly serve at his parish even in retirement.
Deacon Knight was 50 years old when Bishop Michael J. Begley ordained him in the first class of permanent deacons for the Diocese of Charlotte, during a Mass on May 29, 1983, at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte.
Following ordination, Deacon Knight was very happy to learn that his ministry as a deacon would begin at his home parish.
A cheerful man, Deacon Knight spoke with ease as he often described his life as a deacon. His ministries were varied as he visited the sick, taught Sunday school, served on the parish finance council and preached regularly.
In 1989 he retired from the U.S. Postal Service and moved to Baltimore to be with his wife Lavone, who had taken a teaching job there after Our Lady of Consolation School closed. Granted faculties to serve in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, he served there for 11 years until his wife retired in 2000.
They returned to Charlotte and he was assigned again to Our Lady of Consolation Parish, where his wife, who was always full of energy, was a great support to his ministry.
When his wife passed away in 2010, Deacon Knight moved to be with his daughter in South Carolina.
In his 34-plus years of diaconate ministry, Deacon Knight took to heart his call to service. He was a herald of the Gospel and a man of great faith.
He clearly remembered the words of Bishop Begley at his ordination: "Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach."
— Catholic News Herald