A funeral mass was held July 2 for Rev. Francisco Ponce, Parochial Vicar Saint Joseph RC Church, Jersey City, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark. He passed away June 28. Father Ponce was born in Choluteca, Honduras and was ordained a Catholic priest in Teauciqalpa in 1967. Father Ponce was stationed at Saint Joseph, Jersey City from 1976 through 1991 and became a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark on October 19, 1983. He served for eight years at St. Mary’s, Plainfield, and returned to Saint Joseph in July of 1999. He was the son of Delia and the late Santiago Ponce and the brother of Milo, Felipe, Alonso and Emilio Ponce. Services arranged by the McLaughlin Funeral Home, Jersey City.