Sister Mary Jareth McElhinney, R.S.M., 79, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 57 years, died Aug. 4 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Obituaries
Sister Mildred Donohue, R.S.M.
Sister Mildred Donohue, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 74 years, died Sept. 1 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. She was 93.
Antonina Borheck
Antonina Borheck, the wife of Deacon Steven Borheck, a permanent deacon who serves at Our Lady of the Snows, North Floral Park, died Sept. 13.
Frank J. Grande
Frank J. Grande, the father of Father Kenneth Grande, pastor of St. John the Evangelist-St. Rocco, Park Slope, died Sept. 11.
Sister Regina Kraft, O.P.
Sister Regina Kraft, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for almost 58 years, died Sept. 5. She was 77.
Franciscan Father Frias Served 46 Years As a Priest
Father Ramon C. Frias, O.F.M. Cap., a Capuchin Franciscan Friar of the Province of St. Mary, White Plains, died Aug. 30 in White Plains. He was 79.
Sister Margaret Mary Connolly, C.S.J.
Sister Margaret Mary Connolly, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died on Aug. 23 at Stella Maris Convent, Rockaway.
Rocco Moretto
Rocco Moretto, a former employee of The Tablet and an American war hero, died in Massapequa Park, L.I., Aug. 27. He spent many months of the past few years at the VA Hospital in St. Albans, Queens. He was 94.
Msgr. Feldhaus Was the Diocese’s Oldest Priest
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Eugene A. Feldhaus, a retired priest of the diocese, was celebrated at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, Aug. 27.
Bishop John E. McCarthy
Bishop John E. McCarthy, who served in Houston and Austin, Texas, and provided national leadership for the church in its work to address systemic poverty, died Aug. 18 at his home in Austin surrounded by his family. He was 88.