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.
Obituaries
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.
Austin Charles Olivas
Austin Charles Olivas, brother of Deacon Pascual B. Olivas, Jr., of St. Bonaventure-St. Benedict the Moor parish, Jamaica, died Sept. 18.
Diane “DiDi” Halbran
Diane “DiDi” Halbran, 60, a retired NYPD officer, and former secretary to the president of Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, died of 9/11-related cancer on Sept. 6.
Sister Rosalie Kaseta, O.S.F.
Sister Rosalie Kaseta, O.S.F, a Sister of St. Francis of the Providence of God, Pittsburgh, Pa., for 75 years, died at Presbyterian Senior Care in Oakmont, Pa., on Sept. 11. She was 91.