A memorial Mass for Teresa Chanan, the late mother of Father Anthony S. Chanan, of St. Ephrem’s parish, Dyker Heights, and sister of Father John Francis, pastor of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica.
Obituaries
Bertha Vanegas
Bertha Vanegas, the mother-in-law of Deacon Jorge Alvarado of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, South Ozone Park, died June 3.
Deacon John A. Tierney
Deacon John A. Tierney, who served at Sylvester’s parish, City Line, before transferring to the Diocese of Albany, died June 3 at Saratoga Hospital in upstate New York. He was 83.
Sister M. Adrian O’Connor, O.P.
Sister M. Adrian O’Connor, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 72 years, died June 5. She was 90.
Obituary: Archbishop Daniel W. Kucera
Retired Archbishop Daniel W. Kucera of Dubuque died May 30 at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque, Iowa.
Obituary: Lawrence Tino
Lawrence Tino, the father of Father John Tino, a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese currently ministering in the Archdiocese of New York, died May 30.
Obituary: Sister Molly McGuire, G.N.S.H.
Sister Molly McGuire, G.N.S.H., 98, a member of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart for 84 years, died at St. Joseph’s Manor, Meadowbrook, Pa., Jan. 27.
Obituary: Sister Elizabeth Minturn, S.C.
Sister Elizabeth Minturn, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 64 years, died at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, L.I., May 17.
Obituary: Sister Christina Florence Rau, C.I.J.
Sister Christina Florence Rau, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus (Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor), Rockville Centre, L.I., who devoted her life to building up Catholic health care on Long Island, died May 9.
Mauro Apollonio
Mauro Apollonio, father of Rev. Mr. Nicholas Apollonio, who will be ordained to the diocesan priesthood June 3, died May 22 in Italy.