Interviewing A 103-Year-Old Catholic Priest: Father Richard Puetz

Father Richard Puetz recently celebrated his 78th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood, so I asked if I could interview him. He was born in 1919 in Dunnington, Indiana, and after attending St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, and St. Meinrad Seminary, he was ordained a priest in 1945 for the newly created Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.
Father Puetz was was assigned to St. Lawrence Parish, Muncie, as assistant pastor from 1945-1951. He was pastor at St. Francis Xavier Parish, Attica, from 1951-1960; Our Lady of the Lakes, Monticello, 1960-1968; St. Joseph, Elwood, 1968-1974; St. Charles Borromeo, Peru, 1974-1978, and St. Joseph, Rochester, 1978-1987. After retirement, he served as a senior associate at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Carmel, from 1988-1991, and he was chaplain at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse in Tipton from 1991-1995.
It was a privilege and an honor for me to interview Father Puetz! Please enjoy the life of this incredible man!

[@MrSpeedFrk]

Amazing cognitive abilities and memory for a man 103

[@AnnetteDey-ew2xk]

Jeremiah Thank you so much for this video. I came across my grandmother's pocket manual. Inside was a card in the memory of his ordination. That is what brought me to the video. My grandmother was Clara Puetz. The Reverend 's sister, Ceil was my Aunt (married to my mother's brother Art Brost). I really enjoyed listening to the interview. Very impressed at his memory. Give him our best. My mother was Lois Brost.

[@alexsmith2186]

Crazy that Puetz is gonna bring us all together. What up fam!!!! My grandpa is his nephew.

[@cheriirons9374]

Thank you so very much, Jeremiah and Father Puetz, for doing this! What a tremendous gift it is to us all! May God bless you in return!!

[@alexsmith2186]

Bloodline, cuz. Thanks for doing this. Yuill guy here.

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Father Richard's sister cecillia is my aunt

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God bless you father