Deacon Giacomo Panessa, a retired deacon from Most Precious Blood parish, Astoria, died June 24. He was 77.
Obituaries
Sister Eileen Cecilia Kelly, C.S.J.
Sister Eileen Cecilia Kelly, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, June 10.
Frank Aguggia
Frank Aguggia, the father of Msgr. Steven J. Aguggia, Judicial Vicar, died June 16.
Robert E. Rambusch
Robert E. Rambusch, the noted liturgical artist, designer and recognized pioneer in the profession of liturgical design consultation, died May 23 of cardiac arrest. He was 93.
Cardinal Ivan Dias
Indian Cardinal Ivan Dias, a longtime diplomat who was fluent in 17 languages, died June 19 in Rome after a long illness. He was 81.
Sister Mary Raymond Keane, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Raymond Keane, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 71 years, died June 2 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Sister Alice Wheeler, C.S.J.
Sister Alice Wheeler, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 70 years, died May 30. She would have been 88 on July 6.
Bishop David R. Choby
Bishop David R. Choby of Nashville died June 3 at St. Thomas West Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., where he was undergoing treatment for injuries that he sustained in a fall at his home Feb. 7. He was 70.
Antonin Kocurek
Antonin Kocurek, the father of Father Antonin Kocurek, a priest of the Diocese of Ostrava-Opava in Czech Republic, now serving in Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, Forest Hills, died June 10.
Teresa Chanan
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.