Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Patricia Redmond, MM

At 2:40 AM on April 3, 2025, just before the break of dawn, Pat Redmond’s long and externally silent journey home to God came to a peace-filled end. We, her family and friends, stand in awe before the mystery of her many years...

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Sister Maureen Gunning, MM

Maureen – our dear “Georgia Peach” – whose gentle presence blessed so many lives, slipped into the waiting embrace of the God she served so faithfully, as quietly as she had always lived, at 1:02 AM on Tue. March 18th, 2025, in...

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Sister Jean Fallon, MM

On March 8, 2025, Sister Jean Marie Fallon peacefully passed away at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in New York. Although Jean was 94 years old and becoming frailer, her death was a surprise to many of us since Jean had only been...

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Sister Dolores Poelzer, MM

In 1975, Sister Dolores wrote a brief bio of herself which she closed with, “Although the tree of my life will have been sun-nurtured and rain-nourished, as well as sometimes bark-bruised and wind-buffeted, I hope that when the...

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Sister Bernadette Braun, MM

“My heart is full of ambition to do God’s work in the Field Afar” With these words, Bernie expressed her request to become a Maryknoll Sister. Our dear Sister Bernie entered eternal life on January 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM at our...

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