Geneva Catholic community bids farewell to beloved priest, Rev. Bakkelund

Geneva Catholic community bids farewell to beloved priest, Rev. Bakkelund

GENEVA – The Rev. Jared Twenty stood before a full church assembly Wednesday for the Mass of Christian Burial for the Rev. Jonathan Bakkelund at St. Peter Catholic Church in Geneva.Bakkelund, 39, died last week while in hospice at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Batavia Township.Noting that Bakkelund’s death was at a young age, Twenty, who is pastor at Holy Cross, said the Book of Wisdom teaches that, “The just man, though he die early, shall be a…