The Rev. Alfred Jarvis, retired priest of the Diocese of Ohio, died Dec. 24 at the age of 78.

Fr. Jarvis was born in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from the University of Toledo and Bexley Hall. He was ordained priest in 1951. He served St. Mark's, Sidney, OH; St. John the Divine, Houston, TX; Grace, Galion, and St. James', Bucyrus, OH. Fr. Jarvis retired in 1988.