Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Hong Kong – October, 1949 Just as Father John F. Smith reached for his glasses, a bullet crashed into his cabin to reduce the spectacles to splinters. Three Maryknollers were among passengers on the riverboat Kwong Fook...

Father James Smith died at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York, in the early hours of Wednesday, November 6, 1996. He was 87 years of age and a Maryknoll Priest for 61 years. James Francis Smith was born in the...

Father Brendan Patrick Smith died in a hospital in San Francisco on April 10, 1989. He was 65 years of age and a Maryknoller for 51 years. Brendan was born in San Francisco on September 23, 1923, son of Charles and Rose Hannigan...

Father Alfred Smith died peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 1996, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Teresa’s Residence, Maryknoll, New York. Father Smith was 77 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 51 years. Alfred...

Alan Anthony Smidlein died on Sunday, October 2, 1988. He was 63 years old and a missioner for 32 of those years. Alan was born in Yonkers, N.Y. on August 18, 1925, son of Anthony Smidlein and Claire Crough. Early schooling was...