Sister Mary Sullivan, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 69 years, died Feb. 24 after a long illness. She was 87.
Obituaries
Priest Recalls Graham’s First Invite to Speak to Catholics
The late Benedictine Father John Oetgen, a past president of Belmont Abbey College and a monk of the Belmont Abbey Monastery, had a groundbreaking idea: invite the extremely popular evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham to the school for a talk and a degree.
Columbia McGreevey
Columbia McGreevey died Feb. 15, two days after her husband Deacon John McGreevey passed away.
Rona Jack
Rona Jack, 88, a long-time parishioner at St. Gregory the Great, Crown Heights, died Feb. 22.
Elaine J. Spacek
Elaine J. Spacek, the mother of Father Frank W. Spacek, pastor of St. Saviour’s parish, Park Slope, died Feb. 22.
Thomas J. Quigley, Ph.D.
Thomas J. Quigley, Ph.D., a long-time chemistry and physics professor at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, died on Feb. 19.
Sister Ann Heavey, R.S.M.
Sister Ann Heavey, R.S.M., 90, a member of the Sisters of Mercy for 67 years, died Feb. 5, at McAuley Hall Health Center in Watchung, N.J.
Eleanor Rossner
Eleanor Rossner, 104, died Feb. 8 in East Greenbush, N.Y., where she had been living. Born in Brooklyn, she was a member of St. Cecilia’s parish, Greenpoint, where she joined the choir in 1928, and sang there for 71 years.
John Sebastian Udoh
John Sebastian Udoh, the brother of Father Michael Udoh, a priest of Uyo, Nigeria, who is the chaplain at St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village, died Feb. 6. The funeral took place in Nigeria.
Anton Dietrich
Anton Dietrich, 99, the oldest living alumnus of Holy Child Jesus School, Richmond Hill, died Feb. 16. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady of the Cenacle Church, Richmond Hill.