Deacon Emilio Arteaga, of St. Agatha parish, Sunset Park, passed away on April 10. He was 73.
Obituaries
Sister Anne Umbach, O.P.
Sister Anne Umbach, O.P., formerly Sister Marie St. John, a Sister of Saint Dominic of Amityville for 68 years, died on April 2. She was 86.
Daniel J. McCarthy
Daniel J. McCarthy died March 21 at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, L.I., from pneumonia. He was 84.
Sister Anne Carmel Rapillo, C.S.J.
Sister Anne Carmel Rapillo, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph for 67 years, died on Jan. 6, 2020 at Immaculate Conception Convent, Jamaica.
Brooklyn Born and Raised, St. Edmund’s Pastor Emeritus
Father Edward Brophy, Pastor Emeritus of St. Edmund, Sheepshead Bay, died on March 31 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens. He was 81.
Sister Joan Verner, S.C.
Sister Joan Verner, S.C., formerly Sister John Christopher, a Sister of Charity-Halifax for 66 years, died on March 17, at Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley, MA. She was 83.
Sister Eleanor McDonnell, C.S.J.
Sister Eleanor McDonnell, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph for 71 years, died on Feb. 22 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.
St. Andrew Avellino Parish Historian and The Tablet Contributor
Joseph Raymond Brostek, St. Andrew Avellino parishioner for 50 years, who was a Lector, Pastoral Council member, Parish Communications Chair, Editor of the monthly Andrean bulletin and the parish’s historian passed away on March 25. He was 87.
First American Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity
Sister Kathleen Appler, D.C., Superioress General of the Daughters of Charity, died on March 18, at the Daughters’ Motherhouse in Paris after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was 68.
Sister Margaret Eileen Shine, S.C.
Sister Margaret Eileen Shine, S.C., formerly Sister Helen Theresa, a Sister of Charity-Halifax for 74 years, died on March 10 at Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley, MA. She was 95 years old.