Rev.
Thaddeus Marion Kozikowski
Father Thad Kozikowski died
peacefully on January 14, 2010 in
Thaddeus Marion Kozikowski
was born on March 30, 1947 in
Thad attended elementary and
high school in
In 1979, Thad left the
Paulist Fathers and ceased to function as a priest and moved to
In July of 1991, Thad was
assigned to Saint Francis Xavier in Circle, Montana and served there
until 1994 when he was named Pastor of Saint Raphael’s in Glasgow
with the attached missions of Saint Albert’s in Hinsdale, Our Lady
of the Lake in Fort Peck and Queen of Angels in Nashua.
Thad’s health began to
decline and in 2005 was granted retirement status as a priest. He
has resided at the
Thad was bright, witty and
perpetually filled with enormous energy. He liked to fish, cook and
entertain friends. He was very proud of his Polish heritage.
Thad’s passion in life was
to educate others in the deep faith he had in Christ and the
Catholic Church. He taught in many different and varied programs
sponsored by the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, notably the Tempus
and Kairos programs.
Thad was preceeded in death
by his parents and in May of 2009, a sister, Bernice (Kozikowski)
Finohr of Parma, Ohio. An uncle, Dr. Edward Edwards of
He is survived by his
brother-in-law Ron Finohr of
Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated on Thursday, January, 21 at Noon at Saint
Patrick’s Co-Cathedral in
Memorials may be made in Thad’s name to the “Clerical Benefit
Association” (for the retired priests of the Diocese of Great
Falls-Billings), PO Box 1399,
Remembrances
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I was greatly saddened to hear of Father Thad's passing. I remember him as an inspiration in his joy of being a priest, and in his Christly behavior. He loved being a priest and teaching. I still use many of his illustrations or teachings - they were so memorable. I will remember him always - he was and is Kadosh.
Regards
ShaRonne Hanson
My name is Ron Kessler. I live in Cleveland and have been the
closest person to Tadj and his family that they had.
I know this may be late, but I didn't know this site existed until
now. Thad and his sister , Bernice were very close for almost 30
years. Bernice and I did everything together and went everywhere
together and when Thad, (Tadj), came in to town we all filled the
time as best we could, traveling, fishing, and just sitting around
on the porch talking. Tadj led me to many books, writings, theology,
etc. that I still use to this day, and his thoughts and knowledge of
the Catholic faith was an enormous inspiration to me. I was saddened
by his death, especially how it occurred right after Bernice's. Tadj
and Bernice are missed very much and I only wished we lived closer
to each other to be able to see each other more often. God Bless him
and Bernice and I pray constantly for them.