34 times • APRIL 16, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com Msgr. Nicholas Sivillo, longtime Middle Village church pastor, dies BY ROBERT POZARYCKI Sivillo, who was ordained a priest the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in rpozarycki@ridgewoodtimes.com in May 1964, served as Our Lady of Ozone Park and St. Francis of Assisi @robbpoz Hope’s pastor from 1988 to 2009. He Church in Long Island City. He gained a tremendous following among was also active in the Diocese of Catholics in Middle Village are parishioners for his involvement in Brooklyn Catholic Education Office, mourning the loss of Msgr. Nicholas various activities in both the church the Family Life and Pre-Cana programs, Sivillo, the former longtime pastor of and school. and, for more than 25 years, Our Lady of Hope church, who died Prior to arriving at Our Lady of on April 10 at the age of 76. Hope, Sivillo served at Nativity of served as NYPD Housing Bureau chaplain. Following his retirement in 2009, Sivillo served in residence at St. Margaret Church, also in Middle Village, and at Brooklyn’s Holy Spirit Church. He died while under care at the Bishop Mugavero Residence at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston. A wake for Sivillo was held on April 12 from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m., and April 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Hillebrand Funeral Home, located at 63-17 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park. Our Lady of Hope, located at 61-27 Eliot Ave., held a vigil Mass for the late pastor on April 13 at 7:30 p.m. and a Mass of Christian Burial on April 14 at 10:30 a.m. Following the April 14 Mass, Sivillo was interred at St. John Cemetery. TIMES NEWSWEEKLY/File photo Msgr. Nicholas Sivillo (at right) was honored in 2009 by Juniper Park Civic Association President Robert Holden upon his retirement as Our Lady of Hope Church pastor. Hess-Miller Funeral Home • Pre-Arrangement And Pre-Funded Funerals Available • Convenient To All Major Highways And Public Transportation ANTHONY J. MARTINO, Lic. Mgr. DAVID L. MARTINO, Director Owned By Martino F.H., Inc. Since 1982 1-718-821-6660 or 1-800-479-6419 Serving Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village & Glendale ~With~ • Affordable Cremations And Burials • Parking Facilities • Handicapped Facilities 64-19 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, N.Y. www.hessmillerfuneralhome.com Seneca Chapels • Pre-Planning • Serving the Financial Burden of all Families in their Time of Need • A One Level Concept of a Modern Funeral Home • Large Chapels • Newly Renovated • Large Parking Facility on Premises Village Chapels, Inc. Papavero Funeral Home n Newly Renovated Facilities On One Level n Handicapped Accessible—Ample Parking n Cremation And Direct Burial Service n Guidance With Pre-Planned Funeral Arrangements n 24 Hour-A-Day Personal Service n Resource Center With Information On Coping With Grief And Explaining Death To Children Family Owned And Operated For 4 Generations 72-27 Grand Avenue Maspeth, N.Y. 11378 1-718-651-3535 67-67 Eliot Avenue Middle Village, NY 11379 718-458-3000 Funeral Directors John DiMario, George H. Luhrin Seneca Chapels, Ltd. 494 SENECA AVE. • RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 718.366.1900 • www.senecachapels.com
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