A Mass of Christian Burial for Father John A. McShane, a retired senior priest of the diocese, was celebrated Oct. 1
Obituaries
Obituary: Sister Maria Przyborowska, C.S.F.N.
Sister Maria (Mary E.) Przyborowska, C.S.F.N., a member of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for 76 years, died Sept. 19. She was 92.
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.
Obituaries – Phyllis Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly, 92, died Sept. 5 at her home in Ladue, Missouri, outside St. Louis. No cause of death was given, but she had been ill for some time.
Obituary: Sister Rita T. Finnen, D.W.
Sister Rita T. Finnen, D.W., 85, (formerly Sister Joseph of the Trinity), a member of the Daughters of Wisdom for 64 years, died Aug. 26.