Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Maurice F. Ahern, MM

Maurice F. Ahern was born September 24, 1900 in Olney, Ill. Graduating from DePaul University in Chicago in 1923, he entered Maryknoll the following year. He was ordained on June 17, 1928 and assigned to Kaying, South China.His...

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Father Martin J. Burke, MM

Martin J. Burke was born on October 30, 1899 in Brownhill, Ireland and came to this country in 1914. He attended St. Joseph’s School in Brooklyn, N.Y. and took a two-year business course at St. Francis College. He worked...

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Father Mark A. Churchill, MM

Mark A. Churchill was born in Mason City, Iowa on September 29, 1895. He was graduated from Mason City High School, spent a year at the University of Iowa and then enlisted in the National Guard before joining Maryknoll in 1920....

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Father Louis I. Bayless, MM

Father Louis Ignatius Bayless died on March 16, 2001 at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. He was 83 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years. Louis was born July 12, 1917 in San Jose, California to Joseph...

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Father Lawrence J. Burns, MM

Father Lawrence Burns died at Melrose Wakefield Hospital in Wakefield, Massachusetts on the evening of October 27, 1999. He was 80 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 53 years. Lawrence Burns was born September 19, 1919, in...

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