Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Joan Petrik, MM

Sister Joan Petrik died suddenly on Wednesday, February 4, 2004, in Somotillo, Nicaragua. She was planning a three day retreat with the teachers which was scheduled to begin the following morning when she suddenly felt very...

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Sister Theresa Perkes, MM

Sister Theresa Perkes died peacefully on Friday, August 25, 2000, in the Residential Care Unit of the Maryknoll Sisters Center. She was seventy-nine years of age and had been a Maryknoll Sister for nearly fifty-one years....

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Sister M. Kathleen Ryan, MM

Sister Mary Kathleen Ryan died on Sunday, April 25, 1982, at our Maryknoll Nursing Home after many years of illness. Kathryn Ryan was born on February 24, 1901 in New York City, the daughter of Patrick and Della Ryan. She...

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Sister M. Teresa Sullivan, MM

As you have no doubt been aware, Sister Mary Teresa has been failing for some time. The past month or so the decline has been rather rapid. The day before, yesterday she went into a coma and this afternoon at about 3:30 she...

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Sister Irene Sullivan, MM

Many of you will be surprised at the news that Sister Irene Sullivan died quietly and peacefully at Bethany on Sunday, May 26, 1974, about 3 P.M. Though she had been through more than one medical crisis over the past two years,...

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