Sister Joyce Hummel, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic for 62 years, died Jan. 9. She was 80.
Obituaries
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., and the first black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. diocese, died Jan. 9. He was 95.
Father Robert Blyman
Father Robert Blyman, a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, L.I., died on Jan. 5.
Ghanaian Priest Remembered For Ministry in Dyker Heights
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Father Andrew K. Soley, C.S.Sp., at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Dyker Heights, Jan. 7.
Sister Mary Miguel Ortiz, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Miguel Ortiz, R.S.M., 77, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 60 years, died suddenly on Nov. 26, after being hit by a car.
Franklin Edmundo Penafiel
Franklin Edmundo Penafiel, the brother of Father Romel Penafiel, a priest of the Diocese of Loja, Ecuador, who is currently ministering as parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, died Jan. 2 in Florida.
Sister Wendy Beckett, Art Critic and British TV Star, Dies at Age 88
Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88.
Sister Maureen Coyne, O.P.
Sister Maureen Coyne, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 56 years, died Dec. 17. She was 74.
Sister Maria Victoria Karp, C.S.J.
Sister Maria Victoria Karp, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 75 years, died Nov. 29 at the Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Sister Flora Marinelli, C.S.J.
Sister Flora Marinelli, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 57 years, died Nov. 30 in hospice care at St. Patrick’s Convent, Long Island City.