GREENSBORO — Father James F. Scherer passed away Sept. 15, 2022, at AuthoraCare Collective/Beacon Place in Greensboro.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, at St. Pius X Church, located at 2210 N. Elm St. in Greensboro. A reception will follow.
He was born on March 13, 1937, in Philadelphia. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 16, 1964, and incardinated in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
During his ministry, he served in the Greensboro area as a marriage and family therapist and certified social worker, and since the 1970s he regularly assisted with offering Masses at St. Pius X Church and other Greensboro area parishes. In 1997, he was featured as the graduation speaker at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville.
Besides his parents, Father Scherer was preceded in death by two siblings, brother Charles and sister Trudy.
He is survived by his sister, Betty Ann McNamara; 15 nieces and nephews; and a multitude of great-nieces and great-nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to one’s favorite charity.
Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services of Greensboro was in charge of the arrangements.
— Catholic News Herald