Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father John E. Joyce, MM

John Edward Joyce was born in New Bedford, Mass, on August 14, 1891. While attending St. Mary’s grammar school John began to develop what was later one of his most noteworthy characteristics – his sense of...

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Brother Justin R. Joyce, MM

Brother Justin Joyce died at St. Teresa’s Residence on Saturday, April 27, 2002. He was 77 years old and a Maryknoll Brother for 53 years. Ernest Raymond Joyce, the third of four sons born to John and Catherine Murray...

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Father Leo Jones, MM

Leo Jones was born in Dowagiac, Michigan on January 25, 1895. After attending Notre Dame University and Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Cincinnati, he entered Maryknoll in September, 1922. He said that he came to Maryknoll to...

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Father John A. Jensen, MM

Father John Jensen died on November 20, 2006 in Santiago, Chile. He was 89 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 62 years. John Albert Jensen was born on October 16, 1917 in Buffalo, New York, son of Joseph and Alphonsa Wieckmann...

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Father Edward H. James, MM

Father Edward Henry James died at St. Teresa Residence on Wednesday, the 18th. Edward was born on June 27, 1924 in Washington, Indiana, son of Jesse Harold and Helen Rose James. He had four brothers and four sisters. His early...

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