Obituaries

Deacon Andrew M. Schneider

Deacon Andrew M. Schneider

Northport — Deacon Andrew M. Schneider, 81, who served at St. Philip Neri Church here, died July 8.

Ordained to the diaconate Feb. 19, 1983 by Bishop John McGann, Deacon Schneider performed weddings, baptisms, and wake services and coordinated the lectors of the parish, until his retirement from active ministry in 2005. He was known for his dedication in working with lectors to prepare them to proclaim the word.
He was active in visiting hospitals, nursing homes and prisons.

When physical limitations required that he and his wife, Mary Ann, spend their winters in Florida, Deacon Schneider held Communion services in two nursing homes, was a member of a bereavement committee and the “Christ Renews His Parish” team.

Deacon Schneider served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and Korea. From 1971 until 1994, he served as a veterans’ counselor. An aerospace engineer, he taught technical courses for the State University of New York, C. W. Post College and the Grumman Training Institute.

The Mass of Transferral was celebrated July 13th by Father Peter Garry, pastor of St. Philip Neri Church. Deacon Schneider’s classmate, Deacon John Sullivan gave the homily, and Deacon James Murphy, director of deacon personnel for the diocese, spoke in praise of him and his wife.

The funeral Mass was celebrated July 14 by Msgr. Thomas J. Colgan, former pastor of the parish. Burial was at St. Philip Neri Parish Cemetery. Deacon Schneider is predeceased by his son, Kenneth, and is survived by his wife, Mary Anne, son, Mark and by his sisters-in-law, Madeline McMahon, Kathleen Gillis, Dorothy Schneider and Ruth Schneider, as well as by many nieces and nephews.

Sister M. Regina Barrett, IHM

Sister M. Regina Barrett, IHM

Scranton, Pa. — Sister M. Regina Barrett, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. She had taught at St. Raymond’s School, East Rockaway, from 1961 to 1967.

Born in 1925, she entered the IHM Congregation on February 2, 1944, professing her final vows August 2, 1949. She received a bachelor of arts degree in education from Marywood College and a master of education degree in psychology of reading from Temple University.

Sister Regina taught in a number of elementary schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as at St. Raymond’s. She was director of the Early Childhood Center at Marywood College from 1971 to 1995 and also served on the faculty in the Education Department at Marywood from 1971 to 1998. From 1998 to 2003, she was an instructor at the IHM Educational Enrichment Institute in Scranton.
From 2003 until the time of her death, Sister Regina was a prayer minister at the Marian Convent and Our Lady of Peace Residence here.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Louis, and a sister, Aloise Barrett McNulty.

She is survived by nephews and nieces and her lifelong friend, Patricia Leamy, of Lake Ariel, Pa.

A Mass of Christian Burial was to be celebrated Wednesday, July 16, at Our Lady of Peace Residence here.