Deacon served 17 years in archdiocese

Deacon Don Fidler, who ministered 17 years in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, died Feb. 6. He was 73.

A convert to Catholicism who grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, Deacon Fidler was ordained in 1997. He served his first four years at Holy Name in Minneapolis, then four years at St. Michael in St. Michael. From 2005 to 2014, he was a chaplain at Cerenity Senior Care, which has sites in St. Paul and White Bear Lake.

Survivors include his wife, Pat. Services include 10 a.m. visitation and 11 a.m. funeral Mass Feb. 18 at St. Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove. Interment will be at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Cemetery in Osseo.