Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, whose name is almost synonymous with the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, died Jan. 7 at Garvey Manor, a Catholic nursing home located in Hollidaysburg, Pa., after a long illness. He was 85.
Obituaries
Former Nursing Sisters Head Was a Pioneer in Ministry
Sister Bernadette S. Downes, C.I.J., former president of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, also known as the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, and former director of Disabled Persons for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn, died peacefully Jan. 8, following a long illness.
Sister Jean Wilson, S.C.
Sister Jean Wilson, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 60 years, died Dec. 19 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 88.
Sister Grace K. Prenderville, O.P.
Sister Grace Kenneth Prenderville, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, L.I., for 84 years, died on Christmas Day. She was 102.
Sister Magdalen Oliver, S.C.
Sister Magdalen Oliver, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 65 years, died in the QE II Health Sciences Centre, Infirmary Site, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dec. 18. She was 84.
Robert John Winnemore
Robert John Winnemore, 71, a Queens-born lawyer, died Oct. 29.
Father Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J.
Jesuit Father Joseph Fitzmyer, a leading Catholic biblical scholar, died Dec. 24 at Manresa Hall, a Jesuit infirmary in Philadelphia, Pa. He was 96.
Regina Quattrocchi
Regina Quattrocchi, chief executive officer of Bailey House, the first supportive housing agency in the United States for people living with HIV/AIDS, died on Dec. 14.
Thomas Bradley
A Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas Bradley was celebrated Dec. 30 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Woodhaven. He died Christmas Day.
Brother Patrick Lally, F.M.S.
Brother Patrick Lally, F.M.S., a member of the Marist Brothers of the Schools for 61 years, died Dec. 22 at St. Francis Hospital, Manhasset, L.I. He was 81.