Sister Karen Kenney, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I. for 65 years, died Nov. 19.

Catherine Patricia Kenney entered the congregation in 1949 from St. Ephrem Church, Dyker Heights. At her reception, she received the name Sister Mary Karen.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights; a master’s in education of the deaf from the University of Buffalo, N.Y.; a master’s in administration from N.Y.U.; and certification as a school administrator and teacher of the deaf from New York State.

She taught at Holy Name of Jesus, Park Slope, 1951-52; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, 1952-53; St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope, 1953-59; St. Mary’s School for the Deaf, Buffalo, 1959-61; and St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, 1961-62.

She served 13 years at St. Francis School for the Deaf, Crown Heights, as a teacher, 1962-69; principal, 1969-72; and supervisor, 1972-75.

She was an administrative assistant at Cleary School for the Deaf, Ronkonkoma, L.I., 1975-78; and was an adjunct professor at St. Joseph College, Patchogue, L.I., 1978-2001.

She served as government councilor, Brentwood, 1988-94, and St. Joseph College, Patchogue, L.I., 1994-2001.

She was a member of the board of trustees of St. Francis School for the Deaf, 1965-75; Cleary School, 1975-78; and the Bishop’s Advisory Council for Services to Disabled Persons, 1976-84, in addition to giving workshops to teachers and parents of the disabled, 1965-83.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, Nov. 23.

Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

 

A Mass of Christian Burial for August J. Iantosca, the father of Father August J. Iantosca Jr., was celebrated Dec. 16 at St. Robert Bellarmine Church, Freehold Township, N.J.

 

Lydia M. Tulino, who worked as executive secretary to five school superintendents of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died Dec. 15.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 19 at St. Christopher’s Church, Staten Island.

The last superintendent for whom she worked was the late Bishop Vincent D. Breen.

Immediate survivors include her sons, Ernest and Paul, and her daughter-in-law Terri Tulino, who also worked in the diocesan schools’ office.