Rev. Lucius F. Cervantes, age 94, former executive director of the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging, died July 3, 2008, at Fusz Pavilion.
Father Cervantes was born in St. Louis and educated in Catholic schools; earning a doctorate in sociology and anthropology from St. Louis University. His youngest sibling, Alfonso J. Cervantes, became St. Louis' 19th mayor in 1965. The brothers were described as the perfect complement to each other; Father Cervantes being his brother's aide, research assistant and trusted adviser.
Father worked with city welfare projects and lobbied in Washington for federal assistance with growing social problems in St. Louis. He was appointed commissioner of the Mayor's Office on Aging, an institution created by his brother. For 15 years, Father was executive director of that office, which later became known as the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging.
In 1988, Father Cervantes was appointed director of the New York development office of the Gregorian University Foundation based in Rome. He retired in 2002.
Father Cervantes conducted numerous sociological studies and published several books, including "The Dropout: Causes and Cures" and "Love One Another: Stories Families Love to Retell." He won the Ford Foundation Award and a Book-of-the-Year Award for "Successful American Families" in 1960
Alfonso Cervantes died in 1983 and Father Cervantes had no immediate survivors.
Interment: Calvary Cemetery.
Father Cervantes was born in St. Louis and educated in Catholic schools; earning a doctorate in sociology and anthropology from St. Louis University. His youngest sibling, Alfonso J. Cervantes, became St. Louis' 19th mayor in 1965. The brothers were described as the perfect complement to each other; Father Cervantes being his brother's aide, research assistant and trusted adviser.
Father worked with city welfare projects and lobbied in Washington for federal assistance with growing social problems in St. Louis. He was appointed commissioner of the Mayor's Office on Aging, an institution created by his brother. For 15 years, Father was executive director of that office, which later became known as the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging.
In 1988, Father Cervantes was appointed director of the New York development office of the Gregorian University Foundation based in Rome. He retired in 2002.
Father Cervantes conducted numerous sociological studies and published several books, including "The Dropout: Causes and Cures" and "Love One Another: Stories Families Love to Retell." He won the Ford Foundation Award and a Book-of-the-Year Award for "Successful American Families" in 1960
Alfonso Cervantes died in 1983 and Father Cervantes had no immediate survivors.
Interment: Calvary Cemetery.
Rev. Lucius F. Cervantes, age 94, former executive director of the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging, died July 3, 2008, at Fusz Pavilion.
Father Cervantes was born in St. Louis and educated in Catholic schools; earning a doctorate in sociology and anthropology from St. Louis University. His youngest sibling, Alfonso J. Cervantes, became St. Louis' 19th mayor in 1965. The brothers were described as the perfect complement to each other; Father Cervantes being his brother's aide, research assistant and trusted adviser.
Father worked with city welfare projects and lobbied in Washington for federal assistance with growing social problems in St. Louis. He was appointed commissioner of the Mayor's Office on Aging, an institution created by his brother. For 15 years, Father was executive director of that office, which later became known as the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging.
In 1988, Father Cervantes was appointed director of the New York development office of the Gregorian University Foundation based in Rome. He retired in 2002.
Father Cervantes conducted numerous sociological studies and published several books, including "The Dropout: Causes and Cures" and "Love One Another: Stories Families Love to Retell." He won the Ford Foundation Award and a Book-of-the-Year Award for "Successful American Families" in 1960
Alfonso Cervantes died in 1983 and Father Cervantes had no immediate survivors.
Interment: Calvary Cemetery.
Father Cervantes was born in St. Louis and educated in Catholic schools; earning a doctorate in sociology and anthropology from St. Louis University. His youngest sibling, Alfonso J. Cervantes, became St. Louis' 19th mayor in 1965. The brothers were described as the perfect complement to each other; Father Cervantes being his brother's aide, research assistant and trusted adviser.
Father worked with city welfare projects and lobbied in Washington for federal assistance with growing social problems in St. Louis. He was appointed commissioner of the Mayor's Office on Aging, an institution created by his brother. For 15 years, Father was executive director of that office, which later became known as the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging.
In 1988, Father Cervantes was appointed director of the New York development office of the Gregorian University Foundation based in Rome. He retired in 2002.
Father Cervantes conducted numerous sociological studies and published several books, including "The Dropout: Causes and Cures" and "Love One Another: Stories Families Love to Retell." He won the Ford Foundation Award and a Book-of-the-Year Award for "Successful American Families" in 1960
Alfonso Cervantes died in 1983 and Father Cervantes had no immediate survivors.
Interment: Calvary Cemetery.
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