Sister Patricia Taylor, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 50 years, died Jan. 19 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, L.I.
Obituaries
Sister Patricia Anne Perry, C.S.J.
Sister Patricia Anne Perry, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 72 years, died Feb. 4 at St. Joseph Covent in Brentwood, L.I.
Sister Mary Sheridan, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Sheridan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 74 years, died Feb. 4 at Sacred Heart Convent in Hempstead, L.I.
Sister Janice Brewi, C.S.J.
Sister Janice Brewi, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, for 69 years, died Feb. 12 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, L.I. Sister Janice entered the congregation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Queens in 1951. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Joseph’s College, a master’s in religious education from La Salle University and her doctorate in adult spirituality from the San Francisco Theological Seminary.
Sister Patricia Maureen (Mary Catherine) Mulryan, S.C.,
Sister Patricia Maureen (Mary Catherine) Mulryan, S.C., who taught at St. Paul’s School in Cobble Hill and who was a member of the Sisters of Charity for 71 years, died on Feb. 9 in New City, N.Y. She was 89.
Maryknoll Missionary, First Bishop of Incheon, S.K.
Bishop William J. McNaughton, a Maryknoll missionary for 66 years and the first bishop of Incheon, South Korea, from 1962 until his retirement 2002, died Feb. 3 at Cedar View Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Methuen. He was 93.
Mary Devine
Mary Devine, sister of Father James Devine, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, who is presently residing at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, died on Jan. 24.
Retired Diocesan Priest Remembered as Generous With Time, Efforts and Energy
Father Matthew J. Diamond, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 1 at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 89.
Mary Higgins Clark, 92, Mystery Writer
Mary Higgins Clark, known as “queen of suspense,” died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, Jan. 31. She was 92.
Italian Missionary Made Home in Brooklyn
Father Giorgio Ferrara, P.I.M.E., a member of the P.I.M.E. (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) who served as a parochial vicar at the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, died Jan. 28 in Brooklyn. He was 59.