10/10/05

Rev Fr Gheorghe Grigorescu Fallen Asleep in the Lord

Fremont CA [ROEA Chancery]  –  The Reverend Father Gheorghe Grigorescu, retired priest of The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, fell asleep in the Lord on Friday, 7 October 2005, at his residence in Fremont, California.  He had been suffering from failing health for several years.

Father Grigorescu was born on 13 April 1912 in Buzău, Romania.  He graduated from the "Bishop Chesarie" Theological Seminary in Buzău in 1934, and went on to earn a degree from the Faculty of Theology in Cernauţi, Romania.  He was ordained into the Holy Priesthood on 20 December 1940 by Bishop ANTIM (Cazota) in Bucharest and assigned to the Saint Dumitru Parish in the city of Ploieşti, receiving various awards and distinctions throughout his years of service.  In 1990, Fr Grigorescu was accepted into The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America and assigned as priest of the Holy Cross Mission parish in San Jose, California, which he served until he retired in 2000.

The Service for the Burial of a Priest will be presided by V Rev Fr Constantin Alecse (Dean of the ROEA Pacific Deanery), Rev Fr Constantin Lapustea (Parish Priest of Holy Cross Mission), along with other attending clergy, at Lima Funeral Home in Fremont on Friday afternoon, 14 October, at 1:30pm.  Burial will follow at a nearby cemetery.

Fr Gheorghe is preceded in death by his only child, Gabriel, who died in 2002.  He is survived by his wife, Preoteasa Olga (nee Ionescu), whom he married in 1939, daughter-in-law, Viorica, and grandchildren, Mihaela and Lucian.

Condolences may be sent to the family at:
Preoteasa Olga Grigorescu & Family
781 McDuff Avenue
Fremont CA 94539-7541

May his memory be eternal!