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1926 – 2012 (October 19) Charles Patrick Laferty was born on July 13, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of two sons and a daughter of John M. Laferty, M.D. and Laura Shea. Charles was baptized on July 25, 1926, at Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Philadelphia, and attended St. Joan of Arc Parochial School, […]

1798 – 1869 (October 23) James Kyle was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland in 1797, the uncle of Patrick A. Stanton, who also became a member of the American Mission. James began his studies in the Irish house of Callan in 1823, and was received into the novitiate there on September 22, 1828. At […]

1918 – 2001 (September 15) William Joseph Krupa, son of George Krupa and Elsie Johns, was born on July 30, 1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He attended the parochial schools of Sacred Heart, Lancaster; Saint Mary’s, Harrisbug; Saint Michael, Wheeling, WV, and then Central High School in Wheeling for one year, and Central Catholic High School […]

1916 – 1961 (February 19) George Martin Krupa, son of George Krupa and Elsie Johns, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1916. His early education was obtained at Sacred Heart School, Lancaster, Saint Mary’s, Harrisburg, Saint Michael’s, Wheeling, West Virginia, Catholic High School, Lancaster, and Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York. One of […]

1906 – 1984 (November 25) Charles Francis Kropp, the son of John Kropp and Mary Hoban, was born in Plains, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 1906. He attended primary school in Plains Township and Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He worked as a pharmacist until 1935 when he entered Augustinian Academy, Staten Island, New York, […]

1918 – 1980 (May 12) Charles Lucien Knapp, son of Charles L. Knapp and Mary Schmidt, was born on August 24, 1918, in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, and was baptized on September 1, 1918, in the German Catholic parish of Holy Family, Shenandoah, where he also received his parochial school education. After graduating from J.W. Cooper High […]

1894 – 1918 (October 10) Gilbert Francis Klunk was born in McSherrystown, PA on January 12, 1894, to Francis X. Klunk and Emma Jane Dietrich. He was one of eleven children. Three of his sisters entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill. Gilbert was educated in his home town and […]

1915 – 1978 (November 4) John Aloysius Klekotka was born in Philadelphia, PA., on February 4, 1915, to Peter Klekotka and Josephine Jekot, and was baptized on the day of his birth in the church of St. Stanislaus, Philadelphia. He received his early education at James Alcorn Public School and St. Stanislaus Parochial School. He […]

1889 – 1992 (October 7) Wilbert Raymond Kirk was born on December 14, 1889, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of William Kirk and Regina Carroll, the fourth child in a family of four boys and four girls. Two of his sisters became religious in the Congregation of the Sisters or Saint Joseph. He was baptized […]

1885 – 1954 (June 14) Thomas Aloysius Kiley, the son of Michael Kiley and Agnes Morrissey, was born in Saint Augustine’s Parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 26, 1885. He studied at local parochial schools and Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia and entered the first class of postulants at Villanova in 1902. He began […]