Father Emmett H. Carroll, SJ, age 81

      Emmett H. Carroll died July 24 while in the hospital recovering from foot surgery. He was born on November 28, 1931, at the old Cabrini hospital in Seattle.

      Father Carroll attended St. Edward’s grade school and Seattle Prep, and then entered the Society of Jesus in 1949. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome in 1962. He was the classic “gentleman and a scholar.” He loved learning, he was witty and wise, and he was a kind, compassionate priest. Most of his Jesuit years were spent teaching English literature and creative writing at Seattle University.

      At age 74 – rather amazingly – he became full-time pastor of St. Cecilia Catholic Church on Bainbridge Island, where he has served for the last eight years. Under his leadership the parish healed, revived, and built a whole new grade school facility and parish offices.

      Survivors include his brother, Fr. Al Carroll, SJ (Gonzaga University) and his sister, Joann Sullivan (Chicago) and her family, as well as several cousins and his Jesuit brothers.

      The recitation of the Holy Rosary was offered after the 7:00 p.m. Mass on July 28. The funeral Mass of the Resurrection was held at St. Cecilia Catholic Church on July 29. A full-length obituary is available at harveyfuneral.com.

      Donations in his honor may be made to the Fr. Emmett Carroll, SJ Scholarship Fund for St. Cecilia’s Grade School.