Father Lloyd Thiel, O.F.M. Cap., entered eternal life on September 19 at the age of 80.

Born July 7, 1930 in Hilbert, Wisconsin, Father Thiel was invested in 1948, perpetually professed in 1952, and was ordained a priest in 1956. Father Thiel ministered at St. Lawrence Seminary in Mount Calvary, Wisconsin, from 1957 to 1973. He was elected Provincial Minister in 1973 and again in 1975. From 1978 to 1992, Father Thiel ministered as Director of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit. Before his retirement in 2004, he served in the Capuchin Development Office in Detroit and as a hospital chaplain at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.

Father Thiel is survived by his siblings, Alice Steiner, Melvin, Harold, and Leon Thiel.

Visitation will be Thursday, September 23 from 3-8 p.m. at Charles Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, Grosse Pointe Park, and Friday, September 24 from 1-9 p.m. at St. Bonaventure Monastery Chapel, 1740 Mt. Elliott Street, Detroit. His funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, September 25 at St. Bonaventure Monastery, with visitation at 9 a.m. and Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in Wisconsin.

Condolences may be sent to Capuchin Province of St. Joseph at 1820 Mt. Elliott Street, Detroit 48207. Donations in Father Thiel's memory may be made to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen or St. Bonaventure Monastery.

Kindly remember Father Thiel and his family in your prayers.