Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father John H. Murray, the first Maryknoller to die in the Hawaiian Islands, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 8, 1879. Following his elementary education he went to a technical high school and then to Lawrence...

Brother James, born Leo James Murray, died in his sleep at St. Teresa Residence on May 31, 1987. He was born August 20, 1911, in Belmont, Massachusetts of William Henry and Mary Ellen Murray. He had one brother, Paul, and three...

The sad news was received from Seoul, Korea of the sudden death there of Father John J. Murphy. Father Murphy was born July 3, 1932, in Neponset, Massachusetts. He studied at St. Ambrose School in Dorchester, and graduated from...

Forty-one years ago, when young Bill Murphy was in the Novitiate at Bedford, his classmates gave him the nickname of “Rabbit.” Ever since he has been affectionately known to the Maryknoll Family as “Rab.”...

William F. Murphy was born in Syracuse, New York on August 30, 1905. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in that city when he entered Maryknoll in 1927. Upon his ordination on June 16, 1937 Father Murphy was assigned...