Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Edmond L. Ryan, MM

Father Edmond L. Ryan died on March 31, 1980, at Los Altos, California. Ed had returned to the U. S. from his mission in Japan on December 30, 1979, because of failing health. Two weeks before he died, Ed wrote to Maryknoll, New...

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Father John E. Ruppert, MM

John Earl Ruppert was born in Sioux City, Iowa on September 7, 1894. He attended local public schools and was a graduate of St. Joseph’s College in Dubuque. He came to Maryknoll in 1920 and was ordained on September 23,...

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Father Michael J. Ruck, MM

Following residence in two nursing homes over a period of seven months, Father Michael J. Ruck died on February 6, 2004, at Villa Siena Nursing Home in California. He was 84 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 57 years. Michael...

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Father William J. Price, MM

Father William J. Price died Monday evening, February 16, 1998 at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Tarrytown, New York. He was 72 years of age and a Maryknoll priest for 42 years. William J. Price was born April 1, 1925 in Utica, New...

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Father Thomas J. Prendergast, MM

Father Thomas J. Prendergast died at St. Patrick’s Rectory, Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday morning, July 9, 1995. Father Prendergast was 72 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 47 years. Thomas John Prendergast was born...

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