Clara Cabezas, the sister of Bishop Alfonso Cabezas, C.M., died June 24 in Colombia.
Obituaries
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.
Obituary: Sister Miriam Michael Joos, O.P.
Sister Miriam Michael Joos, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 68 years, died July 6. She was 87.
Obituary: Sister Mary William Posthauer, O.P.
Sister Mary William Posthauer, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 81 years, died June 25. She was 99.
Obituary: Sister Mary Thaddeus Glass, C.I.J.,
Sister Mary Thaddeus Glass, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, popularly known as the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for 65 years, died at Villa St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I. She was 91.
Obituary: Frances J. Slattery
Frances J. Slattery, the sister of Father Joseph M. Nolan, a retired priest of the diocese, died June 6.
Obituary: Virginia Tighe
Virginia Tighe, the mother of Father James L. Tighe, pastor of Queen of Peace parish, Kew Gardens, died June 25.
Obituary: Sister Christine Francis Kennedy, O.P.
Sister Christine Francis Kennedy, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St., Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died June 20 at the age of 86.
Obituary: Sister Madeleine Merritt, I.H.M.
Sister Madeleine Merritt, I.H.M., a member for 69 years of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died June 25.
Obituary: Fritz Almeus
Fritz Almeus, the brother of Father Enel Almeus, C.S.S.p., a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in Haiti, currently serving in the Brooklyn Diocese as chaplain at New York Hospital, Flushing, died June 14.