Obituary: Patricia Hili

Patricia Hili, the wife of Deacon Saviour Hili of St. Francis of Assisi parish, Astoria, died Oct. 10.

Obituaries: Msgr. Vincent Topper

Msgr. Vincent Topper, the oldest and longest-ordained diocesan priest in the country, died Oct. 7, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Maire O’Connell

Maire O’Connell, former secretary/administrator aide of St. Francis Xavier School, Park Slope, died Oct. 13. She was 79.

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.