Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Frances Kersjes, MM

In the early morning of August 17, 2011, Sister Frances Kersjes went home to God very peacefully in the Maryknoll Residential Care. Sister Frances Eleanor Kersjes was born January 27, 1929 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, daughter of...

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Sister Beatrice Meyer, MM

On Thursday afternoon, October 25th, our Sister Mary Beatrice Meyer died at Grasslands Hospital in New York. Sister Beatrice’s brother, Father Bernard Meyer, M.M., was one of the concelebrants at the Mass of the Resurrection at...

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Sr. Mary Ladislaus Metzner, MM

Sister Mary Ladislaus Metzner passed away very quietly at 7:20, Thursday evening, November 16. Sister Mary Ladislaus, Mary Metzner, was born in Merk, Hungary, on September 10, 1881. Sister came to the United States in 1907, and...

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Sister Miriam Jose Mercado, MM

On the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1981, at 5:00 p.m., Sister Miriam Jose Mercado was called to her abundant reward. Melicia Mercado was born on December 4, 1918 in Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines. Together with two sisters...

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Sister Rose McGrale, MM

On Friday evening, August 26, 2005 at 8:20 pm., our Sister Rose McGrale, 94 years of age, slipped away into new life. Rose died at Maryknoll in Residential Care IV surrounded by friends who had kept faithful vigil for several...

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