Sep 5, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister M. Lisbeth Hartnett, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was born on May 22, 1921, in Beaverdale, Pa., and given the name Dorothy Marie. She...
Sep 5, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Jeanne Kelly, CSJ (Sister Jeanne Monica), 93, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 74 years. Sister Jeanne was born on Nov. 23, 1924, in Syracuse, daughter of the...
Aug 16, 2018 | Obituaries, Sun August 23, 2018
Sister Christine Michael LaFrance, CSJ, 83, died Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 62 years. Sister Christine, the former Rose Marie LaFrance, was born on November 25,...
Aug 16, 2018 | Obituaries, Sun August 23, 2018
Sister M. Lisbeth Hartnett, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was born on May 22, 1921, in Beaverdale, Pa., and given the name Dorothy Marie. She was the...
Aug 2, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries, Sun August 9, 2018, US & World
Father Robert S. Jones. (Photo courtesy Robert Walsh) By Tom Maguire | Associate editor Father Robert S. Jones rocketed to those in need. “I would go to the hospital to see somebody that was in my parish,” said longtime friend Father R. Paul Mathis, “and he had...
Jul 23, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries, US & World
Father Robert S. Jones, a priest of the diocese for nearly six decades, passed away Sunday, July 22. He was 83 years old. Father Jones attended Blessed Sacrament and St. Francis de Sales High School in Utica and went on to attend Le Moyne College in Syracuse and St....
Jun 20, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Margaret Paul Scrodin, CSJ, 97, died Thursday, June 14, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 75 years. Sister Margaret Paul, the former Margaret Barbara Scrodin, was born in Hudson, N.Y., on...
Jun 13, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Theresa Brown (Sister Theresa André), 89, died Monday evening, June 4, 2018, at the Community Hospice Inn, St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 71 years. Sister Theresa was born on May 17, 1929, in Syracuse,...
May 30, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Ann Therese Flynn, CSJ, 98, died Monday, May 14, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 70 years. Sister Ann Therese, the former Mildred Frances Flynn, was born in Albany on Jan. 22, 1920, daughter...
May 30, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister M. Chrysta Lerhinan, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was born on Oct. 15, 1927, in Port Washington, N.Y., and given the name Theresa. She was the...
May 23, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister M. Helen Hemmer, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on Friday, May 18, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was born on Oct. 6, 1927, in Syracuse and given the name Elizabeth. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas...
Apr 30, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries
Father Paul J. Keebler, a priest of the diocese for more than 50 years, died April 26. His obituary is below, courtesy Bednarsky Funeral Home, Inc.: Rev. Paul J. Keebler, 92, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 26, 2018. He passed peacefully at home. He was...
Apr 25, 2018 | Briefs, Obituaries
Sister Judith Ann Howley, CSJ (Sister Mary Lawrence), 76, died Saturday, April 21, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 58 years. Sister Judith was born in Schenectady on May 7, 1941, daughter of the...
Mar 14, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Patricia Poulin (Sister Miriam Clare), 94, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 69 years. Sister Patricia was born in Oakland, Maine, and raised in Amsterdam, N.Y.,...
Mar 14, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Agnes Rose Burton, 88, died Monday, March 5, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham, N.Y. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 66 years. Sister Agnes Rose, the former Mary Augusta Burton, was born July 1, 1929, in Schenectady, N.Y.,...
Mar 12, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries, US & World
Father Laurence Kennedy passed away Sunday, March 11, 2018, the Diocese of Syracuse has announced. Father Kennedy was 86 years old. He spent more than 60 of those years as a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse. A son of St. Patrick’s Church and School, Father Kennedy...
Feb 26, 2018 | Latest news, Obituaries, US & World
Father John L. Roark passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018, the Diocese of Syracuse has announced. Father Roark was a priest of the diocese for more than 60 years, having been ordained Feb. 2, 1956. His pastoral assignments included service as parochial vicar at Our...
Feb 1, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Margaret Madden, CSJ, (Sister Bridget Agnes), 93, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 76 years. Sister Margaret was born in Syracuse on March 22, 1924, daughter of the late...
Jan 24, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister M. Adele slept peacefully into the Lord on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at the Franciscan Villa in Syracuse. Born in Syracuse, she was the eldest child of the late Col. (U.S. Army, Ret.) Edward John and Mary Adele (Johnson) Bullock. She was 97 years old and had been a...
Jan 10, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Carol Anne Porter, CSJ, (Sister John Robert), 79, died Friday, December 22, 2017, at The Hospice Inn, St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 59 years. Sister Carol was born on July 26, 1938, in Albany, daughter of...
Jan 10, 2018 | Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Sister Rose Ann Renna, OSF, went home to God on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Francis House in Syracuse, New York. Sister was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Ralph and Adeline (Carbone) Renna. She was 80 years old and had been a Sister of St. Francis for 62 years. She...
Dec 6, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Local, Obituaries
Marianist Brother James Fitzgibbons died Nov. 6, 2017, in San Antonio, Texas, at age 81. He had been a member of the Society of Mary (Marianists) for 61 years. A Syracuse native, Brother Jim was a well-traveled teacher who served for many years at St. John’s Home for...
Nov 27, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Obituaries
Msgr. James McCloskey, 96, died Nov. 25, 2017. A priest of the Diocese of Syracuse for 71 years, his ministry included service as parochial vicar of Our Lady of Pompei, St. Peter, St. Daniel, and St. Therese, all in Syracuse; and as pastor of Christ the King in...
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Obituaries
Sister Dorothy Root, CSJ (Sister Amelia Joseph), 91, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, in Albany Medical Center. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 73 years. Sister Dorothy was born in Syracuse on Nov. 8, 1925, the oldest child of Frederick and Amelia Kirsch...
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Obituaries
Sister Mary Herman Marhafer, CSJ, 91, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 72 years, and she had taught for many years in schools in the Syracuse Diocese. Sister Mary Herman, the...
Oct 18, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Obituaries
Sister Milice Anthony Bohrer, CSJ, 80, died on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph for 61 years. Sister Milice, the former Carol Ann Bohrer, was born on August 21, 1937, in Troy, daughter of the...
Oct 10, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Obituaries
Rev. Matthew S. Wieczorek entered into eternal life and rest on Saturday afternoon, October 7, 2017. He was the third son of Stanley and Frances (Gorlewski) Wieczorek. He was born on March 27, 1931, in Dickson City, Pa., and was baptized at St. Mary Visitation Church...
Aug 23, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Obituaries
Sister M. Evelyn Howard, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, at the age of 89 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was born on June 26, 1928, in Johnson City, and given the name Catherine Lucille. She...
Aug 16, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Obituaries
Sister M. Evelyn Howard, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, at the age of 89 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She was born on June 26, 1928, in Johnson City, and given the name Catherine Lucille. She...
Jun 21, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Briefs, Obituaries
Sister John Loretta Sinnott, CSJ, 92, died Monday, June 12, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Latham. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 73 years. Sister John Loretta, the former Shirley Elizabeth Sinnott, was born on Feb. 18, 1925, in Utica,...
