Sister Clare Louise Melzer, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 81 years, died Feb. 27. She would have turned 98 on March 26. Born in Brooklyn as Marie Louise Melzer, she was raised in Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Ridgewood. She went on to graduate from the Dominican Sisters’ H.S. Juniorate, […]
Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F., who wrote the history of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, died Feb. 25 at Lutheran Augustana Center, Sunset Park. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 2, at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Patrick J. Corry graduated from St. Francis de Sales […]
Deacon Louis Guastella, who was ordained for the Diocese of Brooklyn but served most recently in the Diocese of Las Vegas, Nev., died Feb. 21 in Las Vegas. He was ordained as a deacon in March of 1984 and served in Our Lady of Miracles in Canarsie, and at St. Catherine of Genoa, Flatbush. In […]
Sister Rose Marie Mastellon, R.G.S., 96, a Sister of the Good Shepherd for 75 years, died at Mary Manning Walsh Healthcare Facility, Manhattan, Feb. 8. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she attended St. Agnes School, Cobble Hill, and St. Joseph’s H.S. in Downtown Brooklyn, before entering the community in 1939 in Peekskill, N.Y. She professed […]
Sister Mary Donovan, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, N.S., for 62 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., on Feb. 13. She was 94. Formerly known as Sister Leo Michael, she was a teacher at Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, from 1958 to 1965. She also ministered in St. Barnabas School, Bellmore, L.I.; Canton, […]
German Cardinal Karl Josef Becker, a longtime Jesuit professor of dogmatic theology and consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, died in Rome Feb. 10 at the age of 86. Cardinal Becker was called in 1985 to serve as a consultor for the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation under its then-prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, […]
Sister Mary Noemi Kreppein, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 75 years, died Jan. 21. She was 97. Born in Brooklyn and baptized Elizabeth, she was the first of three sisters to become Sisters of St. Dominic. She entered the Amityville Dominican Congregation in 1939 from St. Cecilia parish, Greenpoint. In 1943, […]
Sister Margaret de Sales Grob, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 76 years, died Feb. 4. She entered the congregation in 1939 from St. Teresa of Avila parish, South Ozone Park. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Latin from Manhattan College and St. John’s University, respectively. In 1975, she pursued clinical […]
Sister Mary Florence McCarthy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 58 years, died Jan. 23. She entered the congregation in 1957 from St. Joachim parish, Cedarhurst, L.I. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Brentwood College in Brentwood, and from Fordham University, respectively. Formerly known as […]
Sister Mary Charitina Kavanagh, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 71 years, died Jan. 11. Born in Brooklyn, she attended St. Brigid’s School, Bushwick, and Mercy Juniorate H.S., Fort Greene. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Fordham University, a master’s in library sciences from St. John’s University and a doctorate in […]
