Sister Patricia Maureen (Mary Catherine) Mulryan, S.C., who taught at St. Paul’s School in Cobble Hill and who was a member of the Sisters of Charity for 71 years, died on Feb. 9 in New City, N.Y. She was 89.
Obituaries
Maryknoll Missionary, First Bishop of Incheon, S.K.
Bishop William J. McNaughton, a Maryknoll missionary for 66 years and the first bishop of Incheon, South Korea, from 1962 until his retirement 2002, died Feb. 3 at Cedar View Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Methuen. He was 93.
Mary Devine
Mary Devine, sister of Father James Devine, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, who is presently residing at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, died on Jan. 24.
Retired Diocesan Priest Remembered as Generous With Time, Efforts and Energy
Father Matthew J. Diamond, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 1 at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 89.
Mary Higgins Clark, 92, Mystery Writer
Mary Higgins Clark, known as “queen of suspense,” died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, Jan. 31. She was 92.
Italian Missionary Made Home in Brooklyn
Father Giorgio Ferrara, P.I.M.E., a member of the P.I.M.E. (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) who served as a parochial vicar at the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, died Jan. 28 in Brooklyn. He was 59.
Served the People Faithfully for Decades
Father Joseph A. Cestaro, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Jan. 20 at his private residence. He was 83.
Chaplain at Queens College Remembered
Father Paul A. Wood, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who was chaplain for the Newman Center at Queens College, died on Jan. 31. He was 65.
Sister Patricia O’Donohue, R.S.M.
Sister Patricia O’Donohue, R.S.M., formerly Sister Mary Aloysius, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas for 63 years, died Dec. 5 at McAuley Hall Health Center in New Jersey. She was 83.
Rita G. Powers
Rita G. Powers, the mother of Father Robert Powers, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Long Island City, died Dec. 28 at Queen of Peace Residence in Queens Village.
