Deacon Angel Baez, 81, a one-year resident of Braemar Living at Wallkill, N.Y., died July 26, following a long illness, at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown.
Obituaries
Obituary: Sister Mary Slaymaker, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Slaymaker, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died July 17 in Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Obituary: Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H.
Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H., 89, a native of Jackson Heights, died July 27 in St. Joseph’s Manor in Meadowbrook, Pa., in her 71st year as a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart.
Former B’klyn Pastor Dies in California
Father Carlos Valencia, 58, former pastor of Visitation B.V.M. Church, Red Hook, died July 29 in California. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Aug. 10 in Park Slope.
Obituary: Sister Alice Francis Young, C.S.J.
Sister Alice Francis Young, C.S.J., 101, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 84 years, died July 6 in St. Joseph College Convent in Clinton Hill.
Obituary: James ‘Jim’ McElroy
A Mass of Christian burial for James “Jim” McElroy, 86, former baseball coach at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, was celebrated July 22 at Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park.
Obituary: Edna Murnane
Edna Murnane, 103, a former long-time parishioner of Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook, and mother-in-law of Tablet Editor Ed Wilkinson, died July 13.
Obituary: Italian Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli
Italian Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli, retired archbishop of Florence, died July 9 at the age of 92.
Obituary: Clara Cabezas
Clara Cabezas, the sister of Bishop Alfonso Cabezas, C.M., died June 24 in Colombia.
Obituary: Father Richard Skarbek
Father Richard Skarbek, who was ordained by Pope John II at age 54, died on June 22 at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, L.I.