OBITUARIES
Bishop Andrew Pataki, retired Byzantine Catholic bishop dies at 84
Bishop Andrew Pataki, who served as the third bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic from 1995 until his retirement in 2007, died Dec. 8 as a result of injuries he sustained in an automobile accident.
Sister Dorothy served in Trenton Diocese for 52 years
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 2 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Dorothy Ann Schmitt who died Nov. 27. She was 86. A member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 67 years, she entered the congregation in 1942 and professed her first …
Funeral services for Poor Clare Sister Mary McCourt
Divine Word Father Martin Padovani was celebrated Dec. 7 in the chapel of the Monastery of St. Clare, Chesterfield, for Poor Clare Sister Mary McCourt. Sister Mary died Dec. 3 in Morris Hall, Lawrenceville, at age 74.
Dominican Sister Ann Patricia Woods, at 99
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 14 in Mount St. Mary Chapel, Newburgh, N.Y., for Dominican Sister of Hope Ann Patricia Woods who died Dec. 11 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. She was 99.
Funeral services for Sister Antoinette Petrizzo
Filippini Sister Antoinette Petrizzo died Dec. 13 in St. Joseph Hall Infirmary at Villa Walsh, Morristown. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 16 in Villa Walsh’s St. Lucy Chapel. The celebrant was Father Nicholas Figurelli.
Sister Mary Lavin, was educator in Lakewood and Brick schools
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Nov. 5 in St. Dominic Church, Brick, for Mercy Sister Mary Lavin who died Nov. 1 in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung. She was 79.
Frank McElroy, father of priest
Father Damian McElroy, pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown, was principal celebrant of a Mass of Christian Burial for his father, Frank McElroy, who died Dec. 5.
Funeral services scheduled for Mary Ellen Blackwell, longtime Catholic Charities staff member
Mary Ellen Blackwell, who served as the first director of the Parish Social Ministry of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, for the past 13 years, died Feb. 5 in the Fountainview Care Center, Lakewood.
Father Joseph W. Hughes, 67
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 10 by Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., in St. Ann Church, Keansburg, for Father Joseph W. Hughes, Lakewood, who died March 7 in Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank.
Mary Hannaway Cassidy, longtime Catholic educator
Mary Hannaway Cassidy, a longtime Catholic school teacher in Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Moorestown, died March 14 in her home in Cherry Hill. She was 69.
Norman E. Leaver, Jr., retired diocesan employee
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 10 in St. Raphael Church, Hamilton, for Norman E. Leaver, Jr., who died April 4 in his home in Hamilton Township. Mr. Leaver was retired from the Diocese of Trenton after a lengthy career as a personnel director and the husband of …
Funeral for Deacon Stephen R. Vagrin
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 23 in St. Catharine of Siena Church, Seaside Park, for Deacon Stephen R. Vagrin who died April 17. He was 70.
Funeral for Sister Mary Gervase SanAntonio, Lakewood native
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 18 in St. Catherine of Siena Chapel in McAuley Hall Health Care Center, Watchung, for Mercy Sister Mary Gervase SanAntonio who died April 13. She was 88.
Sister Mary Ann Shambo, former provincial
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 24 in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., for Franciscan Sister Mary Ann Shambo who died April 19. She was 78.
Sister Anne Fulwiler, former diocesan vicar for religious, vice chancellor
Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Anne Fulwiler, who served in the Diocese of Trenton as vicar for religious from 1988 to 1997, and as vice chancellor from 1997 to 2003, died May 4 in Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton. She was 87.
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