Joseph Stile, 97, a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, who was involved in many church and community activities, died peacefully on March 28. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on April 1 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Flatlands. He was a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, and a member of the Holy Name Society for […]
Sister Claire McRudin, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 64 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellsley Hills, Mass., March 31. She was 84. Formerly known as Sister John Kevin, she taught first and second grades at Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, 1951-63, and first grade at Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, 1963-66. From […]
Sister Kathleen Hanrahan, S.C., 94, who entered the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1938, died March 22 at St. Patrick’s Home, the Bronx. Her only assignment in the Brooklyn Diocese was as a seventh- and eighth-grade teacher at St. Peter’s School in Cobble Hill, from 1948 to 1953. Burial was in St. Joseph’s […]
Sister Bernard Loretto Carr, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 78 years, died in Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1937 from Holy Cross, Flatbush. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from St. John’s University, Jamaica, 1956, and certification in Spanish from Brentwood College. She taught at […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Dennis Farrell, 71, former pastor of Resurrection parish, Gerritsen Beach, was celebrated at the church on Saturday, March 28. He died March 25 at the age of 71. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Visitation B.V.M. parish, Red Hook, he attended the parish school, Alexander Hamilton H.S., Brooklyn […]
Sister Anne Josephine Brennan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 61 years, died Feb. 20. She entered the congregation from St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, in 1954. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from St. Joseph College, Clinton Hill, 1967; a master’s in religious education from LaSalle […]
Sister Mary Ellis (Sister Aloysia Maria), S.C., 96, who entered the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1937, died March 26 at St. Patrick’s Home, the Bronx. Her first assignment and her only one in the Brooklyn Diocese was when she taught at St. Charles Borromeo School, Brooklyn Heights, 1939-44. In addition to teaching […]
Sister Katherine Louise Lappeus, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 69 years, died Feb. 27. She was 92. Born in Albany, she was adopted at age three and grew up in Massachusetts. After high school, she became a licensed practical nurse at Glen Falls Hospital, Glen Falls, N.Y., and went to work […]
Sister Zita Torlai, M.P.F., 97, a member of the Religious Teachers Filippini for more than 75 years, died at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, N.J., March 22. Born in Lupinaia, Italy, Sister Zita entered the congregation in 1936. She received her habit the following year and made her final profession of vows in 1940. She attended […]
Brother Richard O’Brien, C.S.C., a member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, for over 60 years, died March 13. He was 86. Born in Auburn, N.Y., he held a several jobs in the Syracuse area, including working as a soda fountain attendant, an office boy and as a salesman, before entering religious life. Reading […]
