Sister Mary Serafine Della Croce, S.S.N.D.
Sister Serafine Sister Mary Serafine Della Croce, S.S.N.D., a School Sister of Notre Dame for 68 years, died Feb. 2 in Norwalk Hospital, Connecticut. She was 85. Born in Ozone Park and baptized as...
View ArticlePierina Martinez
Pierina Martinez, wife of retired Deacon Manuel Martinez, died April 17 at her residence. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Holy Name of Mary Church, Valley Stream, L.I. Burial was in St....
View ArticleMsgr. Timothy P. Stein
Msgr. Stein Msgr. Timothy P. Stein, an editor in the Catholic press for 29 years and a priest who served in parish ministry for more than three decades, died April 20 after a recent illness. Msgr....
View ArticleSister Mary Terence Mullin, R.S.M.
Sister Terence Sister Mary Terence Mullin, R.S.M., 96, a member of the Brooklyn Sisters of Mercy for 78 years, died March 30, at Ozanam Hall Nursing Home in Bayside. Born in Brooklyn, she attended St....
View ArticleJennifer Riordan
Jennifer Riordan is seen in this 2015 file photo. Riordan, a Catholic wife and mother from Albuquerque, N.M., was a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight and died from injuries she suffered when one...
View ArticleBishop David E. Foley
Bishop Foley Bishop David E. Foley, retired bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham, Ala., died April 17 at the St. John Vianney Residence for Priests in Birmingham. He was 88. News reports said he had...
View ArticleFormer Charities Employee Worked 43 Years for Diocese
Abecinia “Baisy” Apostol, a member of the administrative staff of DeSales Media since 2014, died April 22 at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island. She was 65. Prior to working with DeSales,...
View ArticleSister Katherine McLaughlin, C.S.J.
Sister Katherine Sister Katherine McLaughlin, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 71 years, died April 13, while in hospice care in Maria Regina Residence. She entered the Congregation in...
View ArticleSister Mary Rose Feeney, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Rose Sister Mary Rose Feeney, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 63 years, died April 21 while in hospice care in Maria Regina Residence. She entered the congregation in 1955...
View ArticleFather Robert R. Vignola, C.M.
Father Vignola Father Robert R. Vignola, C.M., former pastor of St. John the Baptist parish, Bedford-Stuyvesant, died April 27. He worked for more than 30 years in campus ministry at St. John’s...
View ArticleHugh Bringenberg
Hugh Bringenberg, the brother of Sister Ellen Mary Bringenberg, R.S.M., died April 27 in Florida. Funeral arrangements were scheduled to take place in Florida. The post Hugh Bringenberg appeared first...
View ArticleBarbara Bush
Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife of the nation’s 41st president and mother of the 43rd president, died at home in Houston, Texas, April 17. She was 92. For many years, she suffered from a thyroid...
View ArticleSister Jo Ann Schwarz, S.C.
Sister Jo Ann Sister Jo Ann Schwarz, S.C., (Sister Miriam Loreto), died May 2, at Schervier Nursing Care Center, Riverdale. She was 76. Born in Manhattan, she attended Our Lady of Good Counsel School...
View ArticleLourdes “Ditas” Agay
Lourdes “Ditas” Agay, 83, a catechist and lector in the Filipino community at St. Michael’s parish, Flushing, died May 5. She was a former president of the Filipino Association Group and a graduate of...
View ArticleAnthony Charles Asagba
Anthony Charles Asagba, brother of Father Francis Asagba, who serves as adjunct judicial vicar on the diocesan Tribunal and parochial vicar at St. Francis of Assisi parish, Astoria, died May 3. All...
View ArticleEdward Montero
Edward Montero, the son of Deacon Adalberto Montero, of St. Mary Star of the Sea-St. Gertrude, Far Rockaway, died on May 1 at his residence. A funeral Mass was celebrated May 4 at St. Mary Star of the...
View ArticleRaphael Nzeabalu
Raphael Nzeabalu, the father of Father Cosmas Nzeabalu, a priest of the Archdiocese of Onistha, Nigeria, who is currently ministering at St. Mary Magdalene parish in Springfield Gardens, died April 29....
View ArticlePatricia Trotta
Patricia Trotta, the sister of Father George Cowan, a retired priest of the Diocese, died May 6. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday, May 12, in the Bishop’s Chapel at the Immaculate...
View ArticleSister Mary Janet Evrard, O.P.
Sister Janet Sister Mary Janet Evrard, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 62 years, died May 20. Born and raised in Good Shepherd parish, Marine Park, she took the...
View ArticleSister Margaret Grace O’Connor, S.C.
Sister Margaret Sister Margaret Grace O’Connor, S.C., a Sister of Charity-Halifax for 78 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., May 6. She was 96. She ministered at Our Lady Help...
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