Sister Anne Marie Dorff, SSND, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 54 years, died of cancer on April 30, at Villa Notre Dame Wellness Center, Wilton, Conn. She was 74. Born in Brooklyn as Dorothy Anne Dorff, she attended St. Anselm School, Bay Ridge, and the Notre Dame Aspiranture, Fort Lee, […]
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A Mass of Christian Burial for John Francis O’Hara, Sr., 88, was celebrated May 7 at St. Ephrem’s Church, Dyker Heights. He died May 3. A life-long resident of Brooklyn, he was retired from New York Life Insurance Co., where he worked for 30 years as Vice President and General Auditor. He was a former […]
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Msgr. Murphy Served Fort Greene Parish For More Than 20 Years A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Walter C. Murphy, 82, was celebrated April 26 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston. He died April 23 at New York Presbyterian Hospital after a prolonged illness. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Brigid’s […]
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Msgr. Graham Served as Pastor Of Rosedale Parish for 30 Years A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Thomas A. Graham, 75, pastor of St. Pius X parish, Rosedale, for the past 30 years, was celebrated Wednesday, April 25 at the church. Msgr. Graham, who would have celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination on June […]
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Sister Louis Marie Biechele, C.S.J., 94, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, April 2, in the 75th year of her religious life. She entered the congregation in 1938 from St. Brendan parish, Midwood After earning degrees in Math from St. John’s University and extended […]
Msgr. Flanagan Remembered For His Service to Diocese
Msgr. Thomas J. Flanagan, who was chaplain of Our Lady of Skies Chapel at Kennedy Airport from 1973 to 1989, died March 25 at his home in Hampton Bays, L.I. He was 88. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 28 at St. Rosalie Church, Hampton Bays. Retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan was […]
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Sister Dolores Marie Foster, C.S.J., formerly Sister Raymond Miriam, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 54 years, died March 8. She entered the congregation from St. Mary Star of the Sea, Far Rockaway. After graduation from Brentwood College, she taught primary children in St. Patrick, Long Island City, 1961-65; St. Bernard, Levittown, 1965-67; St. […]
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Msgr. Dunn Served Woodside as Pastor A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Richard F. Dunn, pastor emeritus of Corpus Christi parish, Woodside, will be celebrated at the church on March 24. Msgr. Dunn died March 20. He would have been 80 on April 6. Born in Brooklyn and baptized in St. Catharine of […]
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Sister Dorothy Reilly, D.W., (Sister Montfort of Jesus Crucified), a Daughter of Wisdom, Islip, for 64 years, died Feb. 27. Born in Queens, she attended St. Mary Gate of Heaven Elementary School and Our Lady of Wisdom Academy, both Ozone Park; St. John’s University, Brooklyn; and Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. She held a […]
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Sister Bernadette Devlin, S.C., former diocesan director of Golden Age Clubs for Catholic Charities, died Feb. 21 at St. Louise House in Menands, N.Y. She was 89. Born in Connecticut, she entered the order in 1940. For 35 years, she taught elementary school in Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York. In 1978, she moved […]