- In Memorium -
Rev. Robert Dominic Tracy, O. Carm., a member of the Order of Carmelites and of the North American Province of St. Elias, died at Phelps Memorial Hospital on Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. He was 70 years old. Fr. Tracy was born in the Bronx, New York on June 7, 1937 . He was ordained to the priesthood on February 9, 1963. He was a graduate of St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y., and received his M.S. degree in Pastoral Counseling at Iona College in New Rochelle in 1976. Fr. Tracy ministered at Bellevue Hospital in NYC, Transfiguration Church in Tarrytown, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Middletown and St. Simon Stock in the Bronx. He also taught at Nativity BVM High School in Pottsville, PA. and resided at the Cloud Home. During his lifetime, he served as Chief Chaplain at Middletown Psychiatric Center, Master of Students at Georgetown University Hospital and Chaplain at Our Lady of the Scapular Church in NYC, Bellevue Hospital, Georgetown University Hospital and the V.A. Medical Centers in Beacon and Montrose, New York. He also served as Pastor at Our Lady of the Scapular in Unionville, Mt. Carmel Parish in Middletown, Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen's Church in NYC. He resided at Transfiguration Priory in Tarrytown until his death. He is survived by his sisters: Dolores Andreala (Anthony), Jane Frisenda and Ann Buckley and a brother, Michael Tracy, as well as many close nieces and nephews.
Burial will be in the Carmelite Cemetery on Carmelite Drive in Middletown, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to the Carmelite Education Fund, P.O. Box 868, Carmelite Dr., Middletown, NY 10940.
