Lyn Scheuring
Lyn Scheuring, 80, co-founder and co-director of LAMP Catholic Ministries, died Sept. 20, at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. Born in Astoria to Maltese immigrant parents, she went to Immaculate...
View ArticleWilliam Joseph Turner
William Joseph Turner, long-time member of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn and U.S. Air Force veteran, died Sept. 24. He is survived by four children, David, Christine, Paul and Daniel; two...
View ArticleLucille Spencer
Lucille Spencer, the mother-in-law of Deacon Eugene Wohlfarth, a deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is currently ministering in the Diocese of Austin, Texas, died Sept. 26 in Austin. All...
View ArticleWilliam H. Underwood
William H. Underwood of East Northport, N.Y., and formerly of Port Richey, Fla., died Sept. 30. He was 96. Born in Brooklyn, Underwood served as a soldier in World War II. He was predeceased by his...
View ArticleBishop Louis A. DeSimone
Bishop Louis A. DeSimone, retired auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia and pastor emeritus of St. Monica parish in South Philadelphia, died Oct. 5 at St. Thomas Monastery in Villanova, Pa., following a...
View ArticleFather Zanon Served God, Country with Faithful Zeal
Father Zanon A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Romano A. Zanon, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, was to be celebrated at St. Andrew Avellino Church, Flushing, Oct. 12. He died Oct. 5,...
View ArticleAl Strynkowski
Al Strynkowski, the brother of Msgr. John Strynkowski, adjunct spiritual director of the Cathedral House of Formation, Douglaston, died Oct. 12. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at SS....
View ArticleAlejo Burgos
Alejo Burgos, the father of Father Adnel Burgos, a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese, died at the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, New Hyde Park, Oct. 8. A memorial service may...
View ArticlePasqualina Stankus
Pasqualina Stankus, the mother of Father Gregory Stankus, pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle, Bay Ridge, died Oct. 14 at Bridgeway Nursing Home, Bound Brook, N.J. A Mass of Christian Burial was to be...
View ArticleSister Dolores Spinner, R.S.M.
Sister Dolores Spinner, R.S.M., 85, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 63 years, died Sept. 24, at Flushing Hospital. She attended St. Ephrem School, Dyker Heights, and St....
View ArticleSister Theresa Ann McElroy, I.H.M.
Sister Theresa Ann Sister Theresa Ann McElroy, I.H.M., 87, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died Oct. 6 at the Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She entered the...
View ArticleAtonement Father Madison Served Faithful in Bed-Stuy
Father Martin A. Madison, S.A., a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, Graymoor, Garrison, N.Y., for 65 years, died Oct. 4. Locally, he served as associate pastor at Our Lady of Victory Church,...
View ArticleSister Mary Isabel Sullivan, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Isabel Sullivan, R.S.M. Sister Mary Isabel Sullivan, R.S.M., 99, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 81 years, died Sept. 29 at Maria Regina...
View ArticleBrother Becket Ryan, O.S.F.
Brother Becket Ryan, O.S.F. Brother Becket Ryan, O.S.F., 91, a member of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn for 63 years, died Oct. 16. Born in Barberton, Ohio, he entered the Franciscan Brothers in...
View ArticleBrother Gerald Patrick Hedrick, O.S.F.
Brother Gerald Brother Gerald Patrick Hedrick, O.S.F., a member of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn for 53 years, died Oct. 11. He entered the order in 1965 from St. Thomas More parish, in Omaha,...
View ArticleSister Mary Lorraine Struthers, C.I.J.
Sister M. Lorraine Sister Mary Lorraine Struthers, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for 68 years, died Oct. 22. She attended St. Francis of...
View ArticleSister Anne Toomey, O.P.
Sister Anne Sister Anne Toomey, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 75 years, died Oct. 20. She was 93. Raised in Corona and Middle Village, she attended the Dominican Sisters...
View ArticleGloria Varban
Gloria Varban, the grandmother of Laura DePalma, a producer with DeSales Media Group, parent company of The Tablet and Nuestra Voz, died Oct. 27. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Mary Queen...
View ArticleDeacon Angel R. Rivera
Deacon Angel R. Rivera, 72, a retired deacon of the diocese who served at St. Benedict Joseph Labre parish, Richmond Hill, died Oct. 13 in Puerto Rico, where all arrangements took place. A memorial...
View ArticleMsgr. Vasquez Was Brooklyn Diocese’s First Hispanic Pastor
Msgr. Vazquez A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Msgr. Perfecto Vazquez, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, at St. Teresa Church, Woodside, Nov. 13. He died Nov. 9 at Elmhurst...
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