Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Patrick C. Toomey, MM

Patrick C. Toomey was born on December 31, 1898 in Waterbury, Connecticut where he attended public and parochial schools. After graduation from the Commercial High School in 1917 he worked as a stenographer for two years and for...

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Father John J. Toomey, MM

Father John Joseph Toomey was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on June 20, 1890. After graduation from St. Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland, he entered St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore as a candidate for the Fall...

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Father Edmund A. Toomey, MM

Father Edmund A. Toomey died at his home in New Bedford, Massachusetts on March 21, 1982. He was born in New Bedford on May 29, 1904, to John and Sarah Toomey and was the youngest of five children. He attended Holy Name Grammar...

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Father John J. Massoth, MM

John J. Massoth, a native of Kansas, was born in Piqua on November 25, 1885. He had his early education in the public school and at St. Martin’s parochial school there. He first wrote to Maryknoll in 1913 to find out about...

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Father Stephen J. Maskell, MM

Father Stephen Maskell died peacefully in his sleep at St. Teresa’s Residence early in the morning of November 19, 2003. He was 82 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 55 years. Stephen Joseph Maskell, son of Leonard and...

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