Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Richard E. Zeimet, MM

Father Richard Zeimet died at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, New York in the evening of April 17, 2012. He was 81 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 47 years. Richard Ervin Zeimet was born on July 10, 1930, in St....

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Father Ralph W. Sylva, MM

Father Ralph William Sylva died peacefully at Los Altos, California on July 3, 1991. He was 73 years of age and a Maryknoll priest for 46 years. Ralph was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 12, 1917, son of Joseph E. and Mary...

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Father John J. Sullivan, MM

John J. Sullivan was born on November 23, 1910 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Early education was received in the public and parochial schools in the Scranton area. He entered the Venard in 1926 and completed his high school...

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Father Bernard F. Meyer, MM

Father Bernard Francis Meyer died at Phelps Memorial Hospital, North Tarrytown, New York at 7:00 a.m., May 8, 1975, the Feast of the Ascension. Father Meyer was born in Brooklyn, Iowa, February 16 1891, but the family later...

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Father Arthur Merfeld, MM

Father Arthur Merfeld died suddenly on Sunday, July 13, 1986, at St. Teresa’s Residence. He was 81 years old. Father Arthur was born in Dougherty, Iowa on May 13, 1905, the fifth child in a family of eleven. He studied at...

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