Sister Joan Marie Devine C.S.J., formerly, Sister St. Giles, a Member of the Congregation of St. Joseph for 68 years, died on April 19.
Obituaries
Sister Ruth Cunningham, C.S.J.
Sister Ruth Cunningham, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph for 65 years, died on March 9 at Maria Regina Residence.
Sister Ursula Lebold, O.S.U.
Sister Ursula Lebold, O.S.U., a member of the Ursuline Sisters for 76 years, died on April 13. She was 96.
Alex S. Bruno
Alex S. Bruno, brother of Reverend Hilaire Belizaire, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cambria Heights, died on April 13, at King County Hospital, Brooklyn.
Brother Robert Andrews, F.M.S.
Brother Robert Andrews, F.M.S., a Marist Brother who served on the faculty at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, for more than 43 years, died on April 7 due to complications from COVID-19. He was 71.
Retired Executive Director of CCBQ, ‘A Faith-Driven Community Server’
Thomas A. DeStefano, retired Executive Director of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn, died on April 24 from complications related to the coronavirus. He was 82.
John McGuinness
John McGuinness, a resident of Blessed Trinity parish, Breezy Point, died April 24 after suffering a stroke. He was 62.
Purple Heart Recipient, Middle Village Native Priest, Dies in Philadelphia
Father William DeBiase, O.F.M., a professed Franciscan friar for 59 years and a priest for 54, died on April 11 at St. Ignatius Nursing Home, where he had lived since last year.
Brooklyn Priest Remembered as a ‘Faithful Evangelizer’
Reverend Adnel T. Burgos, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on April 11 from heart failure possibly related to COVID-19. He was 57.
Francis Boccabella, III
Francis Boccabella, III, a member of the Knights of Columbus Our Lady of Perpetual Help/Msgr. Flynn Council No. 17153, and a Youth Minister at Our Lady of the Presentation – Our Lady of Mercy Church in Brownsville, died on April 2. He was 39.