Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father John J. Higgins, MM

John J. Higgins was born on August 7, 1925 in Nashville, Tennessee. He received his early education locally and also had two years in Peabody Teacher’s College in Nashville. He came to Maryknoll in August of 1945. Father...

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Father Michael P. Hiegel, MM

Father Michael P. Hiegel died early this morning (January 2, 1978) at St. Teresa’s, after a long illness. Fr. Hiegel was born at Conway, Arkansas, on May 26, 1925 and went through high school at St. Joseph Parish schools...

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Father J. Gerard Greene, MM

Father J. Gerard Greene died at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York early in the morning of June 13, 2007. He was 90 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 64 years. James Gerard (Roddy) Greene was born in Jamaica,...

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Father John L. Graser, MM

Father John Leo Graser died Sunday afternoon, November 15, 1992, in the Health Science Center in Syracuse, New York, of severe injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 73 years of age and a Maryknoll priest for 45...

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Brother Gregory Grant, MM

Brother Gregory Grant died at Phelps Memorial Hospital on July 16, 1989. He was 59 years old and a Maryknoll Brother for 38 years. Joseph Francis was born on July 7, 1930 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, son of John William and...

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