Sister Rita Elizabeth Derricks, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 69 years, died June 17.
Obituaries
Sister Theresa Kilcommons
Sister Theresa Kilcommons, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 71 years, died June 11. She was 89.
Deacon Teodosio Dominguez
Deacon Teodosio Dominguez, 89, father of Jorge Dominguez, editor of Nuestra Voz and acting assistant editor of The Tablet, died in his native Cuba, June 14.
Sister Christine Marie Nicoletto, O.S.F.
Sister Christine Marie Nicoletto, O.S.F. (formerly Sister Christine Marie of the Crucifixion), 83, died in Assisi House in Aston, Pa., on June 6.
Deacon Roy A. Dudley
Deacon Roy A. Dudley, a retired deacon of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cambria Heights, died June 6 at Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, L.I. He was 87.
Marillyn Tuohy
Marillyn Tuohy, 89, the mother of Christopher Tuohy, director of operations at the Catholic Cemeteries Office, died Saturday, June 9.
Divine Word Brother Patrick Hegarty
Divine Word Brother Patrick Hegarty, who helped to make Ireland’s The Word one of the country’s most successful magazines, died May 28. He was 97.
Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo
Once honored by his native Nicaragua as a “father of peace and reconciliation,” Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, retired archbishop of Managua, died June 3. He was 92.
Sister Rita Jane Vanson, C.I.J.
Sister Rita Jane Vanson, C.I.J., a Sister of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for more than 55 years, died May 3.
Father Michael Morrison
Jesuit Father Michael Morrison, the longest serving president of Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and a major force in its growth, died May 24 in hospice at St. Camillus in Wauwatosa, a retirement and health care community. He was 81.