Reverend Edward Anthony Windhaus, retired Pastor Emeritus of St. James Parish in Elkins Park, passed away on Monday, September 9 at St. Joseph Manor in Meadowbrook. He was 79 years old.

According to his obituary, Father Windhaus was ordained by St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in May 1972 and later earned a second Master’s Degree in Liturgy from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

He served as a Parochial Vicar or Pastor for many parishes within the archdiocese of Philadelphia, including: St Henry’s in Philadelphia, St. Mathew’s in Conshohocken, St. Pius X in Broomall, St. Maria Goretti in Hatfield, St. Titus in East Norriton, and St. James in Elkins Park until his retirement in 2019. 

A Reception of the Body will be held on Monday, September 16 at 8:30am at St. James Church, 8320 Brookside Road, Elkins Park, followed by a Viewing from 9:00am to 11:00am. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00am. Interment will follow the Mass at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Philadelphia.

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