Obituaries, Week of February 8, 2025
Father Boyd Had ‘A Great Love for His People’ Father James A. Boyd, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Jan. 20 at age 88 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in San Diego. Father...
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Sister Frances Viola, O.P. (formerly Sister Mary Rachel), passed away on the night of Jan. 17. She served as a Sister of St. Dominic for more than 70 years. She was 94 years old. Fran, the daughter of...
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‘Renaissance Man With A Light Touch’ Msgr. Joseph C. Mulqueen, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 6 at age 93. He was born in New York on June 23, 1931, and was ordained to the...
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‘A Dedicated, Faith-Filled Priest’ Father Angelo Pezzullo, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 6, 2025, at age 88. He was born on Oct. 30, 1936, in New York and was ordained to...
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Sister Shamus Eileen Dwyer, OP, died on Feb. 3. Sister Shamus was 92 years old and had been a Sister of St. Dominic of Amityville for 73 years. James and Helen Gewert Dwyer welcomed their daughter Anne...
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Sister M. Myra Gilbart, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on March 6 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Born on June 6, 1934, in Baltimore and...
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Father Matteo J. Rizzo, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on March 20 at age 78. Father Rizzo, who was born Jan. 10, 1947, and ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1973, served the...
View ArticleObituaries, Week of April 12, 2025
Sister Pat Mullen, SMR, passed away on Dec. 11 at Ozanam Hall in Bayside, Queens. Sister Pat was born in New York on Sept. 4, 1935, to Irish immigrants, Mary and Patrick Mullen. She loved her mother...
View ArticleObituaries, Week of April 19, 2025
Sister Eileen Mary Clifford, CSJ, formerly Sister Saint Stanislaus, CSJ, passed away on the feast of St. Joseph, March 19, while at St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. She was a Sister of St. Joseph for 77...
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Sister Anne Clancy (formerly Sister Joseph Marian), a Sister of St. Joseph for almost 72 years, died on March 26, at Stella Maris Convent, Rockaway Park. She was 94 years old. She was the only child of...
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