Archives: Deceased Fathers & Brothers

Father Denis E. O’Brien, MM

Father Denis O’Brien died in Dallas, Texas on August 29, 2002. He was 78 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 49 years. Denis Edward O’Brien was born in Dallas, Texas, on October 8, 1923, son of Richard and Rose...

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Father Daniel F. O’Brien, MM

Father Daniel Francis O’Brien died on November 11, 1991 in Seattle, Washington. He was 45 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 13 years. He lived at the Center from February to July, 1991. He then moved to Seattle to be...

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Father John F. Swift, MM

We lost our oldest and certainly one of our very finest members in the death at Phelps Memorial Hospital last night just before midnight, March 1, of Father John F. Swift. Faithful, alert, pastoral, a blithe spirit to the very...

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Father Eugene F. Simon, MM

Eugene F. Simon was born on October 7, 1919 in Archbald, Pennsylvania He attended public and parochial schools in that city and entered the Venard in 1938. He was ordained on June 12, 1948. For twelve years after that he worked...

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Father Joseph J. Shields, MM

Joseph J. Shields was born August 23, 1891 in Catasauqua, near Allentown, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Philadelphia where he attended St. Edward’s parochial school until he was twelve years old when he went to work...

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