Obituary: George Rau

George Rau, 90, the brother of the late Msgr. Raymond Rau, died Sept. 30.

Obituary: Archbishop Peter L. Gerety

The world’s oldest Catholic bishop, retired Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark, died Sept. 20 while in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor at the order’s elder-care facility in Totowa, N.J. He was 104.

Obituary: Robert Wood

Robert Wood, the brother of Father Paul Wood, pastor of St. Stanislaus and Transfiguration parish, Maspeth, died Sept. 19.

Obituary: Mary Cremins

Mary Cremins, the mother of the late Father John Cremins, who had served as a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese, died Sept. 21.

Obituary: Robert ‘Pudgie’ Walsh

Robert “Pudgie” Walsh, 82, whose career with the New York Fire Department spanned 40 years, died Sept. 21. He also coached the Brooklyn Mariners football team.

Father Kiernan Served Two Parishes as Pastor

A Masss of Christian Burial for Father Edward J. Kiernan, a senior priest of the diocese who last served as the pastor of St. Columba parish, Marine Park, was celebrated Sept. 28 at the Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Southampton, L.I.

Obituary: Sister Eileen McCann, C.I.J.

Sister Eileen McCann, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus (Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor), died in late August.