Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father James R. Dyer, MM

James R. Dyer was born on March 4,1921 in Ossining, N.Y. He attended St. Augustine’s Parish School, was graduated from Mary Immaculate High School in Ossining and spent a year at Scarborough Preparatory School. Joining...

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Father Sean P. Burke, MM

Father Sean P. Burke died in St. Paul’s Hospital, Hong Kong, on May 5, 2009. He was 63 years old and a Maryknoll priest for thirty years. Sean Patrick Burke was born in Croyden, England on April 1, 1946, son of Joseph P....

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Father Roy C. Assenheimer, MM

Father Roy C. Assenheimer died in Tokyo, Japan on January 5, 2006. He was 67 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 40 years. Roy Charles Assenheimer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 6, 1938, to George and Mary...

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Father Robert W. Donnelly, MM

Father Robert Donnelly died at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, New York on September 8, 2013. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years. Robert William Donnelly, one of two sons, was born in Brooklyn, New...

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Father Robert J. Cairns, MM

Robert J. Cairns was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on August 21, 1884. Shortly after his birth his family moved to America and settled in Worcester, Mass. Robert attended St. John’s Parochial School and then went to St....

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