Sister Mary Gloria Garcia, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 65 years, died Feb. 2 at the Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Obituaries
Sister M. Francine Connolly, I.H.M.
Sister M. Francine Connolly, I.H.M., a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 77 years, died Feb. 25 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 94.
Sister Mary Sullivan, O.P.
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.
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.