Abecinia “Baisy” Apostol, a member of the administrative staff of DeSales Media since 2014, died April 22 at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island. She was 65.

Bishop David E. Foley, retired bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham, Ala., died April 17 at the St. John Vianney Residence for Priests in Birmingham. He was 88.

Tributes from business leaders and politicians alike described Jennifer Riordan – the 43-year-old passenger who died April 17 from injuries suffered on Southwest Flight 1380 when its engine exploded after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in Queens – as a devoted mother, community leader, mentor and volunteer.

Msgr. Timothy P. Stein, an editor in the Catholic press for 29 years and a priest who served in parish ministry for more than three decades, died April 20 after a recent illness.

Sister Mary Serafine Della Croce, S.S.N.D., a School Sister of Notre Dame for 68 years, died Feb. 2 in Norwalk Hospital, Connecticut. She was 85.

Sister Maria Voorneveld, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister M. Theodore) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died March 27 at Our Lady of Peace Residence, Scranton, Pa. She was 95.

Friends and fans called him a “gentle giant,” a faithful “prayer warrior” and a Clark Kent whose superman power was helping people grow in holiness and faith.