Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father James A. Bodenstedt, MM

Father James A. Bodenstedt died on December 21, 2000 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 72 years old and a Maryknoller for 44 years. James Arthur Bodenstedt was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 7, 1928, the only child of...

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Father Jacob J. Esselborn, MM

Father Jacob James Esselborn died in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 30, 1989. He was 67 years of age and a Maryknoller for fifty years. James was born February 5, 1922 in Harrison,N.Y., son of Jacob and Helen (Telschow)...

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Father J. Paul Bordenet, MM

J. Paul Bordenet was born in Linton, Indiana on August 28, 1910. He went to St. Meinrad Prep and Major Seminary and during his third year of Theology applied for admission to Maryknoll. On September 1, 1934 he began classes and...

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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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