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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 […]

1878 – 1925 (October 17) Martin Francis Kessels was born in Eindhoven, Holland, on December 4, 1878, the son of Johannes Kessels and Anna van Piere. He entered the novitiate of the Province of the Netherlands, and was professed on September 21, 1899. He was ordained to the priesthood on August 15, 1904. Father Kessels […]

1920 – 2014 (July 26) Cherubin Formosa Kerr was born on September 1, 1920, in Valetta, Malta, the son of Ernest Kerr and Anna Grima. He was baptized two days later at Saint Paul’s Church, Valetta, and attended Valetta Public Elementary School and Central High School. He entered the Order of Saint Augustine as a […]

1883 – 1929 (June 4) Joseph Bernard Kepperling, son of Winfield Scot Kepperling, a farmer, and Margaret Dwyer, was born in Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio on February 25, 1883. He attended St. Mary’s Parish School in Piqua, Ohio, and Piqua Public Schools, before enrolling in Villanova Prep, Villanova, Pennsylvania. He entered the novitiate at […]

1926 – 2008 (July 5) Thomas Cornelius Kenny was born on December 29, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas C. Kenny and Margaret Ronan. He had two brothers and one sister. He was baptized on January 16, 1927, at Immaculate Conception Church, N. Cambridge, MA., and Attended Saint Patrick’s Elementary School, and Saint […]

1909 – 2001 (January 29) Patrick Joseph Kenny, son of Patrick Kenny and Susan McCloy, was born on February 20, 1909, on Staten Island, New York. He was baptized on March 7, 1909, in the church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, and attended Public School 17 in Tompkinsville, S.I., and Curtis High School. In […]

1910 – 1982 (May 25) Kenneth Joseph Kennedy, son of Thomas M. Kennedy and Mary Melia, was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on March 6, 1910, and was baptized at Immaculate Conception Church by Father Francis A. McCranor, O.S.A. His grammar school and high school education was obtained at Saint Mary’s Academy, Hoosick Falls, […]