Sister Mary Carmel Ruth, O.S.U. (Kathleen Ruth), 100, died March 13, at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.
Obituaries
Obituary – Deacon John LaGreca
Deacon John LaGreca, who formally served at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Dyker Heights, died suddenly April 2.
Sister Mary Georgine Ayers
Sister Mary Georgine Ayers, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 80 years, died March 19. She was 98.
Sister Mariella (Frances) Omilanowicz, C.S.F.N.
Sister Mariella (Frances) Omilanowicz, C.S.F.N., a member of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for 89 years, died March 11 at the motherhouse in Monroe, Conn. She was 104.
Father Pomilio Was a Friend to All He Served
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Matthew J. Pomilio, a senior priest of the diocese, was celebrated March 29 at St. Hyacinth Church, Glen Head, L.I.
Cardinal Keeler Remembered For Serving Baltimore, Nation
Cardinal William H. Keeler, Baltimore’s 14th archbishop, who was an international leader in Catholic-Jewish relations and the driving force behind the restoration of America’s first cathedral, died March 23 at his residence at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville, Md. He was 86.
Cardinal Miloslav Vlk
Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, died of cancer March 18 in Prague at the age of 84.
Rosa Hernandez
Rosa Hernandez of Stanhope, N.J. died March 18 at home. She was 93.
Sister M. Rosela McFadden, I.H.M.
Sister M. Rosela McFadden, I.H.M., of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died March 19 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 92.
Father Guy Morgan, O.F.M.
Father Guy Morgan, O.F.M., 90, a professed Franciscan friar for 67 years and a priest for 62, died March 10 at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital, Fla.