Deceased: 2016-07-20
Diocese: MIAMI
ICTE Spring: 1998
Rev. Gerald Francis McGrath, 90, died Jul. 20, 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. A funeral mass celebrated at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Lauderdale. Interred at St. Mary’s Cathedral Cemetery in Ogdensburg.
Father McGrath was born Oct. 25, 1925 in Norwood. He studied for the priesthood at Wadhams Hall Seminary and at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore Md. He was ordained to priesthood by Bishop James Navagh, D.D. on May 31, 1958. He served at Immaculate Heart Central School in Watertown and parishes in Gouverneur, Brownville, Lyon Mountain, Malone, Watertown, Evans Mills and North Bangor.
Father McGrath was incardinated in the Archdiocese of Miami in 1978. Father is survived by his sister, Norma Demers.
