Sister Rita Meaney, S.C., (Sister Maureen Catherine), who dedicated 63 years of ministry to child care and child services and to families who loved and supported children in need, died Oct. 20, at St. Joseph Nursing Home in Yonkers. She was 93.
Obituaries
Retired Hospital Chaplain Will Be Buried in Haiti
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Lucien G. Charlot, a retired priest of the Brooklyn Diocese, was celebrated Oct. 12 at Sacred Heart Church in Homestead, Fla. He died Oct. 7 at Jackson South Community Hospital in Florida. He was 85.
Sister Jean Redigan, O.S.U.
Sister Jean Redigan, O.S.U. (Sr. Mary Gabrielle) 87, died Sept. 5, at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk in 1949 and professed her final vows six years later.
Sister Mona Gunkel, R.S.M.
Sister Mona Gunkel, R.S.M., 89, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 69 years, died on Aug. 30, at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I.
Msgr. Joseph P. Granata
Msgr. Joseph P. Granata, a priest of the Rockville Centre Diocese, L.I., died Sept. 28.
Sister Marie Leonilde LaPointe, O.P.
Sister Marie Leonilde LaPointe, O.P., who recently celebrated her 75th year as a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, died Sept. 28. She was 93 years old.
Msgr. Dietz’s Priesthood Was Lesson to Seminarians
Msgr. Conrad R. Dietz, who spent most of his life teaching high school and college seminarians, died Sept. 27 at Northshore Manhasset Hospital. A senior priest, he had been living at the Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston. He was 86 years old.
Sister Margaret Mary Feahilly, O.S.U.
Sister Margaret Mary Feahilly, O.S.U. (Miriam Feahilly) 90, died Sept. 4, at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I.
Priest-Expert on Marian Apparitions Dies at 99
Msgr. Rene Laurentin, who spent a lifetime studying Marian apparitions, died Sept. 10 at the age of 99 in Evry, France.
Brother Labre Tallman, O.S.F.
Brother Labre Tallman, O.S.F., died Sept. 2, in St. Catherine’s Hospital, Smithtown, L.I.