Sister Ann Dyer, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 74 years, died Feb. 13. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park, and she studied at Manhattan College, and Rivier College, Nashua, N.H. Formerly  known as Sister Catherine Elizabeth, she taught at Transfiguration, Williamsburg, […]

Father Joseph R. Rooney, S.J., a Jesuit priest for 47 years, died on Feb. 3, at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He was 79 years old and a member of the Society of Jesus for 60 years. Born in Jackson Heights, he attended Xavier H.S., Manhattan; Mount St. Michael Academy, the Bronx; and St. Francis College, […]

Father Thomas Joyce, C.P., former pastor of Immaculate Conception Monastery parish, Jamaica Estates, died Feb. 7 at Immaculate Conception Monastery. He was 73. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 12 at the church. A native of Pittsburgh, he entered the Passionists in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1969. He was assigned […]

Sister Patricia Lawless, C.S.J., formerly Sister Mary Laurentine, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 57 years, died at Maria Regina Residence in  Brentwood on Jan. 10. She entered the congregation in 1957 from St. Ephrem parish, Dyker Heights. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Brentwood College; a master’s […]

Sister Barbara Anne Mullen, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 58 years, died Jan. 16. She was 76. Baptized at Holy Cross parish, Flatbush, she attended Bishop McDonnell M.H.S., Crown Heights, before entering the congregation on Sept. 10, 1955. She received the habit with the religious name Sister Gilbert Marie. On Aug. […]

A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Michael R. Parisi, former director of the Religious Consultation Center, was celebrated Feb. 1 at St. Kevin’s Church, Flushing. He died Jan. 30 at L.I. Jewish Hospital. He was 85. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Williamsburg. He attended Cathedral College, […]

Sister Maurita McMahon, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 68 years, died Jan. 22 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 88. Locally, she served as a first-grade teacher at Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, 1945-51. She spent the remainder of her teaching career ministering in Massachusetts. In 2000, she retired to Mount […]

Bill Kresse, cartoonist for The Tablet, died Jan. 21 at the age of 80. A retired artist for the New York Daily News, he had also worked for the now-defunct New York Herald Tribune, the Asssociated Press and Terrytoons. He was an active member of St. Joan of Arc parish, Jackson Heights, where he had […]

A Mass of Christan Burial for Father Eduard C. Visich, a retired priest of the Brooklyn Diocese, will be celebrated Jan. 18 at St. Finbar’s Church, Bath Beach, at 10:45 a.m. He died Dec. 28 in Florida where he was living in retirement. He was 84. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto will be the main celebrant […]