Sister Mary Joel Acerno, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 66 years, died March 21 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She was 88.
Obituaries
Josephite Sister, 99, Dies
Sister James Patrice Veale, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 79 years, died March 26, at the Motherhouse in Brentwood. She was 99.
Obituary: Father William Davin, C.P.
Father William Davin, C.P., a Passionist priest for 66 years, died March 28 at New York Hospital Queens, Flushing. He was 85.
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 […]