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 […]
Sister Marie Pierre Meyer, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 77 years, died Feb. 27. She was 94. She entered the congregation in 1938 from Holy Child Jesus, Richmond Hill. She earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Marywood College, Scranton, Pa., 1963, and a master’s degree from Queens College in 1974. […]
Sister Anne Brendan Delaney, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died March 11. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Italian from Manhattan College in 1955 and earned college credits in sacred science at St. Bonaventure […]
Victor Gainor, a board member of the Xavier Society for the Blind and recipient of the 2014 Xavier Award, died March 22. He was 79. Born and raised in Manhattan, he graduated from Sacred Heart H.S. and attended Iona College before becoming a United States Marine. A successful career in financial services allowed time for […]
Sister Damian Marie McKeever, S.C., (Mary Agnes), a Sister of Charity of New York for 69 years, died March 1 at the Convent of Mary the Queen. She was 86. Born in Manhattan, she attended Sacred Heart School and Cathedral H.S. before entering the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1946. She attended the […]
Sister Margaret Griffin, S.C. (Sister Leo Stanislaus) died on March 13, at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., at the age of 99. A Sister of Charity (Halifax) for 80 years, she was missioned at St. Sylvester School in City Line, 1947-53 as an eighth-grade teacher. She also ministered at Our Lady of Good Counsel, […]
