Deacon Ernst Paul and Sister Cora Marie Sprolle, O.P.
Obituaries
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.
Bishop Flores of San Diego Dies at 66
Bishop Cirilo B. Flores of San Diego died Sept. 6 of complications from prostate cancer. He was 66.
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: Sister Hedwig Owsiak, O.S.U.
Sister Hedwig Owsiak, O.S.U., died Aug. 16 at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, Patchogue, L.I. She was 77.
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: Sister Prague Maria Fortier, O.P.
Sister Prague Maria Fortier, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 73 years, died Aug. 10. She was 91.
Obituary: Brother Ralph Joseph Edmiston, C.S.C.
Brother Ralph Joseph Edmiston, C.S.C., a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Moreau Province, for 49 years, died Aug. 4 in Valatie, N.Y. He was 77.