Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father William T. Knipe, MM

Father William T. Knipe died on August 14, 2009 at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. He was 77 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 51 years. William Thomas Knipe was born in the Bronx, New York on October 14,...

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Brother Boniface Klophaus, MM

Werner Kiophaus was born May 7, 1902 in Elberfeld, Germany, in the Archdiocese of Cologne. He came to the United States in 1926 and was naturalized in 1933. In 1945, while a chef at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in...

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Brother Matthew Kirwan, MM

Brother Matthew Kirwan died on December 18, 1988 at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 62 years of age. Joseph Vincent was born in Brooklyn, N.Y on January 4, 1926, only son of Edward Vincent and Anna McGinnis Kirwan. He...

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Father Thomas B. Kirchmyer, MM

Father Thomas B. Kirchmyer died on Saturday, June 3, 2000 at the Society Center, Maryknoll, New York. He was 72 years of age and a Maryknoll priest for 41 years. Thomas Kirchmyer was born on September 19, 1928 in Buffalo, New...

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Father August R. Kircher, MM

Father August Kircher died at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York, in the early afternoon of Friday, July 24, 1998. Father Kircher was 83 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 57 years. August “Gus”...

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