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Rev. Edward M. Roos Obituary

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Rev. Edward M. Roos

Dobbs Ferry, NY

May 28, 1966 - June 24, 2015

Rev. Edward M. Roos Obituary

Rev. Edward M. Roos, 75, former Pastor of St. Bernard's Parish in White Plains, died peacefully June 24, 2015. He was born in Mt. Vernon, NY the son of Martin J. and Margaret A. nee Reilly Roos. Fr. Roos attended St. Mary's College in Kentucky and Dunwoodie Seminary in Yonkers. He was ordained May 28, 1966. He first served the parish of Our Lady of Refuge in the Bronx from 1966 to 1975. From 1975 to 1983, he served the parish of St. Joseph's in Spring Valley, NY. Fr. Roos was the Parochial Vicar of St. John and Paul in Larchmont from 1983 to 1989. In 1989, he was named Pastor of St. Bernard's Church in White Plains where he served until his retirement in 2009. Fr. Roos is survived by his mother, his sister and her husband Margaret and Frank Lavro, his brother Martin Roos and his good friend Janet Murphy, three nephews and one niece. He was predeceased by his father in 1999. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday June 29, 2015 at 10:00AM at The Church of St. Matthew, 616 Warburton Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Visiting will be Sunday June 28, 2015 from 2-4 and 7-9pm at Edwards-Dowdle Funeral Home, 64 Ashford Ave, Dobbs Ferry, NY. Memorials in Father Roos name may be made to the Church of St. Matthew or the Church of the Sacred Heart, Dobbs Ferry.

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