Father Suran Ministered For 68 Years as a Priest

A Mass of Christian burial for Father Joaquin Suran, a retired priest of the Brooklyn Diocese, was celebrated Dec. 6 at St. Leo’s Church, Corona. He died Dec. 4 in North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, L.I. He was 95.

Rogelio Martinez

A funeral Mass was celebrated Nov. 25 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in El Paso, Texas, for Rogelio Martinez, the Border Patrol officer who died of injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body.

Sister Margaret Mary McMahon, C.S.J.

Sister Margaret Mary McMahon, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 76 years, died Nov. 16 in hospice care at the Sacred Heart Convent in Hempstead, L.I.

Fr. McGovern Remembered For Openness, Enthusiasm

A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Eugene McGovern, 88, was held Nov. 29 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Windsor Terrace. He died Nov. 19 at Maimonides Medical Center, Borough Park.

Anne Lonergan

Anne Lonergan, a long-time Science teacher and boys and girls step dance coach at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, died Nov. 17. She had retired in June.

Sister Eleanor Novak, C.S.J.

Sister Eleanor Novak, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 60 years, died in Maria Regina Residence Sept. 3.