Born in Los Angeles, the son of Walter and Mary Luebke, George entered St. Anthony's Seminary in Santa Barbara in 1928, was invested with the Franciscan habit in 1933, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1939. His first assignment was to St. Anthony's Seminary as professor, vice-rector, choir director and prefect of discipline. In 1955, he was assigned to the administrative office of the Franciscan Province of St. Barbara in Oakland, where he served for 30 years as secretary and treasurer of the Province, and as commissary for the Holy Land. He moved to St. Joseph's Friary, Los Angeles, in 1986, and to Mission Santa Barbara in 2010. A man of few but wise words, he served his Franciscan Province and fellow friars faithfully throughout his life.
Father Martial passed away at the venerable age of 96, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Funeral services were held at Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, on Monday, May 23, in the Mission church, with burial following immediately at Mission Santa Barbara.
Father Martial passed away at the venerable age of 96, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Funeral services were held at Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, on Monday, May 23, in the Mission church, with burial following immediately at Mission Santa Barbara.
Born in Los Angeles, the son of Walter and Mary Luebke, George entered St. Anthony's Seminary in Santa Barbara in 1928, was invested with the Franciscan habit in 1933, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1939. His first assignment was to St. Anthony's Seminary as professor, vice-rector, choir director and prefect of discipline. In 1955, he was assigned to the administrative office of the Franciscan Province of St. Barbara in Oakland, where he served for 30 years as secretary and treasurer of the Province, and as commissary for the Holy Land. He moved to St. Joseph's Friary, Los Angeles, in 1986, and to Mission Santa Barbara in 2010. A man of few but wise words, he served his Franciscan Province and fellow friars faithfully throughout his life.
Father Martial passed away at the venerable age of 96, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Funeral services were held at Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, on Monday, May 23, in the Mission church, with burial following immediately at Mission Santa Barbara.
Father Martial passed away at the venerable age of 96, on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Funeral services were held at Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, on Monday, May 23, in the Mission church, with burial following immediately at Mission Santa Barbara.
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