Category: Funeral

Funeral

In Memoriam: Kaye Brinker

| St. Charles Borromeo

We are sad to announce the passing of long-time parishioner Catherine “Kaye” Brinker. Kaye passed away on Wednesday. She will be missed by our parish and our neighborhood. Kaye gave much to our parish over many years, including leading and joyfully participating in our Sunday book club. She also taught at nearby Grace Church School.

There will be a wake tomorrow (Saturday, October 28) at 12 PM at Cobble Hill Funeral Home (171 Court Street). Her funeral Mass will also be held tomorrow at 1:30 PM at St. Charles Borromeo. The Mass will be streamed for those who cannot attend in person. You can watch the Mass live or on replay via YouTube here.

Funeral

In Memoriam: Blanca Leonor Anchundia

| St. Charles Borromeo

Blanca Leonor Anchundia, the mother of Blanca Anchundia-Toala, our parish secretary, died last week in Ecuador. The funeral will be this Saturday, February 25 in our parish:

  • Viewing: 3 PM at the church (19 Sidney Place);
  • Mass: 4 PM at the church; and
  • Repass: held at the rectory (31 Sidney Place) following the Mass.

Eternal rest grant onto her, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon her

Funeral

Robin Curtis – Funeral

| St. Charles Borromeo

We are sad to announce the passing of long-time parishioner and lector Robin Curtis. Funeral arrangements are:

Wake: Thursday, December 2 10:30 AM – 12 PM at St. Charles.
Funeral: Thursday 12 PM at St. Charles.
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, immediately following.

Eternal rest grant onto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.

The funeral Mass will be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person. You can watch the Mass live or on replay via YouTube by clicking play on the video below.

Funeral

Raffael (Ray) Guidone – Funeral

| St. Charles Borromeo

Dear St. Charles Parish Family and Friends,

I regret to inform you of the death of Ray Guidone, a faithful parishioner and a member of our parish’s Finance Council. He was a professor of computer systems technology at New York City Tech for many years.

There will be a wake at the Church (19 Sidney Place) in the narthex, beginning at 10 AM on Thursday, May 6, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 AM.

We extend our condolences to his family and friends.
May he rest in peace.

In Christ,
Fr. Bill 

Events, Funeral

Nicholas Char – Memorial

| St. Charles Borromeo

The 11:15 AM Mass on February 7 will be celebrated for Nicholas Char. He died last year while with his family in Michigan. He is the first person on the left (in the tan sweater), and until recently a member of St. Charles.  His family, on several continents, will join us on Zoom/YouTube. If any friends from Brooklyn Heights/New York are attending, please see Fr. Smith before Mass begins.

Events, Funeral, Videos

Patricia Silber – Funeral

| St. Charles Borromeo

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021

9:30 AM EST– Viewing

10:00 AM EST – Funeral Mass
Will be live streamed at https://stcharlesbklyn.org/youtube and via Zoom at https://stcharlesbklyn.org/zoom .

The Silber family is sad to announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Dr. Patricia Silber, on Friday, January 29, 2021. Dr. Silber, 94, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Christine and former New York State Senator Martin Connor, in Brooklyn Heights.

Born Patricia Sheridan on March 11,1926, in Cohoes, NY, she graduated from McKinley High School in Washington, DC, in 1943 and Hunter College in New York in 1948. At age 22, she was hired by the Economic Cooperation Administration, which administered the Marshall Plan, and moved to Paris, where she worked in the Information Division. Returning to the U.S. in 1949, she worked at Charm Magazine as an associate promotion director. In 1951 she married Air Force Lieutenant Raymond E. Silber and settled in Brooklyn Heights before moving to Long Island, where they raised five children.

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