Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Knotek died at St. Teresa’s Residence in the afternoon of December 14, 1998. He was 84 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 57 years. Wenceslaus was born in Racine, Wisconsin on August 26, 1914, one of twelve...

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,...

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...

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...

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...