Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Anthony K. Polyak, MM

Father Anthony K. Polyak died in a hospital in Taipei, Taiwan on March 12, 2012. He was 78 years old and would have celebrated his 50th Jubilee this year. Anthony Kenneth Polyak was born on March 7, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

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Father Thomas J. Plunkett, MM

Thomas J. Plunkett was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on January 7, 1900. He attended Sacred Heart and St. Patrick Schools there. After the death of his parents he spent nine years in St. Vincent’s Home for Orphans in...

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Father James J. Rottner, MM

James J. Rottner was born in Norwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati on February 19, 1909. Before coming to Maryknoll in 1930 he had studied at St. Gregory’s Seminary in Cincinnati. Father Rottner was ordained on June 16,...

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Father Arthur J. Rosinski, MM

With sadness I bring you the news of the death of Father Arthur Rosinski, M.M. “I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God, for He has clothed me in the garment of salvation and robed me in the cloak of...

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Father Milton P. Rosera, MM

Milton P. Rosera was born in Lena, Wisconsin on August 13, 1931. After high school he entered St. Francis Minor Seminary in Milwaukee to study for the Green Bay Diocese. 1952 saw him accepted for Maryknoll and he entered Glen...

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