Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Elmer J. Meyer, MM

Father Elmer J. Meyer died in a Cincinnati hospital on September 8, 2006. He was 80 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 52 years. Elmer Joseph Meyer was born on November 22, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of Edwin Frank and...

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Father Laurence S. Vaughan, MM

Father Laurence S. Vaughan died at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, July 18, 1994 in Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, North Tarrytown, New York. He was 79 years of age and a Maryknoll priest for 52 years. Fr. Vaughan was born on February...

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Brother Ambrose Van Kempen, MM

Christian J. Van Kempen was born in Nymegen, Holland on October 16, 1888. He came to the United States in 1911. Before entering Maryknoll he engaged in a variety of occupations. Over a period of ten years he worked as a coal...

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Father Joseph E. Van den Bogaard, MM

Father Joseph Van den Bogaard died in the late morning of Saturday, October 4, 1997, at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was 86 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 60 years. Joseph Bogaard was born...

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Father Walter J. Valladon, MM

Father Walter J. Valladon died on February 10, 1990 at the Humana Hospital, San Leandro, California. He was just short of 75 years of age; a priest for forty-eight years. Walter “Sam” was born on March 8, 1915 in...

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