Obituaries Sept. 20, 2014

Sister Mary Waters, R.S.M.; Jane Modry; Paul Speckenbach; Father John Scarangello; Deacon Florencio Cruz; Brother Francis Chinery, S.C.; Sister Anita Boegel, R.S.M.; Sister Anne Regis Miller, C.S.J.; Sister Clare Patrice Farrell, O.P.

Msgr. Breen, Former Pastor And Professor, Dies at 82

A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Edward J. Breen, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Fatima, East Elmhurst, will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 13, at the church. He died Sept. 8 at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston. He was 82.

Retired Cardinal Szoka Dies at the Age of 86

Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, who rose from poor beginnings to reach the highest levels of service to the Church, died Aug. 20 at Providence Park Hospital in Novi, Mich. The cardinal, who was 86, died of natural causes.

Obituary: Bishop John J. Nevins

A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 3 for retired Bishop John J. Nevins of Venice, Fla., the founding bishop of the diocese.

Obituary: Tom Sowinski

Howard Beach resident Tom Sowinski, a former baseball standout at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, and St. John’s University, Jamaica, died Aug. 7 at Sunken Meadow Golf Course, Kings Park, L.I. He was 68.

Obituary: Father William F. Early

A memorial Mass for Father William F. Early, a senior priest of the Brooklyn Diocese who was living in San Diego, will be celebrated Sept. 5 at 11 a.m., in the main chapel at the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston.