Sister Catherine Rorke, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 64 years, died at Elizabeth Seton Residence, Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., Dec. 9.
Obituaries
Sister Adeline Orlandini, M.P.F.
Sister Adeline Orlandini, M.P.F., 85, a member of the Religious Teachers Filippini for 67 years, died at Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, N.J., Dec. 1.
John Hoare
John Hoare, the brother of Father Richard Hoare, parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, died Nov. 28.
Sister Margaret Jogues Ednie, C.S.J.
Sister Margaret Jogues Ednie, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood on Nov. 2.
Jean Joseph Pierre
Jean Joseph Pierre, the father of Father Jean Yvon Pierre, pastor at St. Jerome’s parish, East Flatbush, died Dec. 1.
Sister Frances McCool, C.S.J.
Sister Frances McCool, C.S.J., formerly Sister St. Leonard, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 59 years, died Nov. 7 in Syosset Hospital, Syosset, L.I.
Sister Ann Maureen Oakman, C.S.J.
Sister Ann Maureen Oakman, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 76 years, died Nov. 11.
‘Joshua’ Novelist Dies in Upstate NY
Father Joseph Girzone, who became far more prominent in retirement than during active ministry because of his “Joshua” series of novels, died Nov. 29 at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn in Altamont, N.Y. He was 85.
Retired Prison Chaplain Dies at 82 in Florida
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father John H. Wilkinson, 82, a senior priest of the diocese, was celebrated Nov. 30 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. He died Nov. 23 in Venice, Florida, where he was living in retirement.
Father John Wilkinson Dies in Florida at 82
Father John Wilkinson, 82, a diocesan senior priest living in retirement in Florida, died Nov. 23. His last assignment in the diocese was at St. Brigid’s, Bushwick, 2002-04.