Rev. John S. Ahern

BRANFORD, Conn. — The Rev. John S. Ahern, son of James and Anna Ahern, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Father Ahern was born in New Haven on Dec. 28, 1925. He entered St. Thomas Seminary in 1946 and completed his studies at Christ the King Seminary, St. Bonaventure University. He was ordained by the Most Rev. Archbishop Henry J. O’Brien on May 27, 1954, in St. Joseph’s Cathedral. Father Ahern served at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Washington Depot; St. Mary’s, Unionville; St. Patrick and St. Anthony, Hartford; St. Mary’s, Newington; St. Michael’s. Beacon Falls; Immaculate Conception, Norfolk; and Church of Good Shepherd, Seymour. He is survived by his brother, Donald (Theodora) Ahern, his sister, Jeanne (Vincent) Hines, nieces and nephews Jo-Ann Munsill, Charles Lang, Eileen Fletcher, Julianna Albert, Mary Lou O’Keefe, Christine Sullo, Susan, James and Mary Ann Borger, Barbara Salzano, Doreen and Kathleen Ahern,  Patricia Ahern Luby and John Hines. He was predeceased by sisters Julia Lang, Vera Reynolds, Margaret Heffernan and Rita Borger; a niece, Frances Anastasio; and nephews Daniel Ahern and Joseph and Vincent Hines.A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated by the Most Reverend Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford, on Friday, Dec. 14, 11 a.m., at the Church of the Good Shepherd 135 Mountain Road, Seymour. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven. Calling hours were held Dec. 13 at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Memorial contributions may be made to The Archdiocese of Hartford for Retired Priests and Religious, In Memory of Rev. John S. Ahern, 134 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105-3784. Keenan Funeral Home of West Haven (www.keenanfuneralhome.com) has care of arrangements.