Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father J. Leo Davis, MM

Father Joseph Leo Davis died at Los Altos in the early morning of March 25th. Father Leo was born October 1, 1901, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of William Davis and Margaret Magee. He attended St. John’s Parochial...

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Father J. Clarence Burns, MM

Father J. Clarence Burns died this morning at 2:25 a.m. , March 5, 1976, at Toledo (Ohio) Hospital. Father “Clary” Burns had been in serious condition at the hospital since early February. His Maryknoll brother,...

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Father Hugh F. Byrne, MM

Father Hugh Byrne returned from Chile in January. He died at St. Teresa’s on Saturday, May 19, 1984. A fellow missioner from Chile described Father Hugh in the following manner: “Father Byrne is a huge man with a...

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Father Hugh C. Craig, MM

Father Hugh C. Craig (Special Society Unit, Korea) died on January 9, 1981 at the Maryknoll Society House in Seoul. Brother DePorres Stilp was with him when he died. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 11, 1899, Hugh was...

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Father Herbert V. Elliott, MM

Father Herbert Vincent Elliott died at Phelps Memorial Hospital on November 9, 1987. He was 75 years of age. Herbert was born on April 29, 1912 in Astoria, L.I., to William and Honora Carroll Elliott. He had three brothers and...

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