Father William Davin, C.P., a Passionist priest for 66 years, died March 28 at New York Hospital Queens, Flushing. He was 85.
Obituaries
Obituary for Father Jim Smith, Former SJU Associate Dean
Father James E. Smith, C.M., a Vincentian priest for over 50 years, died March 31. He professed final vows in 1958 and was ordained in 1961. He served St. John’s University as associate dean of St. John’s College and chaplain in the School of Law. He is survived by his sister, Marie Smith. A Mass […]
Fr. Mitchell Was Pastor, Teacher, Prison Chaplain
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Walter A. Mitchell, 80, was celebrated April 3 at St. Mark’s Church, Sheepshead Bay. He died March 29 at SS. Joachim and Anne Residence, Coney Island. Born in Manhattan, he attended Midwood H.S.; St. Augustine H.S., Park Slope; Brooklyn College; Fordham University, St. John’s University, Jamaica; and Immaculate […]
Obituaries – April 5, 2014
Father Kenneth J. Caufield, S.J., 77, a Jesuit priest for 59 years, died on March 24 at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx.
Retired Deacon – “Servant of People” – Dead at 92
Deacon Lionel Knight, 92, a retired deacon from St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, died March 17.
Charity Sister Miriam Thomas Collins Dead at 80
A member of the Sisters of Charity of N.Y. for 63 years, died March 20.
Obituaries
Sister Clement Marie Fay, O.P., of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, N.Y., died March 7 in Siena Hall. She was 89. Born in Glendale, she entered the congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill in 1955 and received the name Sister Clement Marie, professing her final vows in 1962. She was an elementary teacher and […]
Former Educator and Queens Pastor Dead at 88
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Thomas J. Gradilone, a senior priest, was celebrated March 14 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston. He died March 12. He was 88. Born in Ridgewood, he attended Cathedral College, Brooklyn; and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington. He was ordained June 3, 1950 by Bishop Thomas […]
Former NCEA President Dead at 81
Sister Kieran Hartigan, R.S.M., 81, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 63 years, died Feb. 26. Born in Glen Cove, L.I., she attended St. Patrick’s School, Glen Cove, and Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Syosset. She entered the Sisters of Mercy on Sept. 8, 1950 and professed her final vows on […]
Obituaries – March 15
Father Matthew C. Flood, S.J., a Jesuit for 67 years and a priest for 53 years, died March 7 at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He was 85. Born in the Bronx, he attended Xavier H.S., Manhattan, and entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in 1946. He attended Woodstock College, Woodstock, Md., and Bellarmine […]