Brother Godfrey Robertson fms
3 April 1919 — 11 February 2012


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1913
born 3 Apr 1919 in Savannah GA to Sybilla
Hansen and John Robertson
1940-1942 St. Ann's Novitiate, Poughkeepsie NY
1940
Reception of Marist Habit, Poughkeepsie NY
1941
Profession of First Vows
1942-1944 Marist Brothers Scholasticate, Poughkeepsie NY
1944-1945 Boys Catholic HS, Augusta GA - teacher
1947
Profession of Perpet ual Vows, Esopus NY
1945-1948 Mount St Michael Academy, Bronx NY - Teacher
1948-1949 Saint Ann's Academy, Manhattan NY — Teacher
1949
BS in Education, Fordham University, Bronx NY
1949-1966 Central Catholic HS, Lawrence MA - teacher
1955
MA Oratory - Staley College, Brookline MA

1966
Second Novitiate, Fribourg, Switzerland
1966-1970 Marist HS, Chicago IL - teacher
1970-1972 Central Catholic HS, Lawrence MA - asst
principal
1972-1979 St. Mary's High School, Manhasset NY -Teacher
1979-1981 Mount St Michael Academy, Bronx NY - Teacher
1981-1990 Cardinal Spellman HS, Bronx NY — Teacher
1990-2012 Champagnat Hall, Bronx NY - retired
2012
died 11 Feb 2012 at St Patrick's Home, Bronx
NY
2012
14 feb 2012 - Funeral Mass at Mount St Michael
2012
15 feb 2012 - burial Marist Brothers Cemetery -
Esopus NY
Brother Godfrey Robinson, fms, who was a teacher at several
archdiocesan schools, died February 11 at St. Patrick's Nursing
Home in the Bronx. He was 93.


He taught at Mount Saint Michael
Academy in the Bronx, 1945 to 1948 and
again 1979 to 1981; St. Ann's Academy
of Manhattan, 1948 to 1949; and
Cardinal Spellman High School in the
Bronx from 1981 until his retirement in
1990.
Over the years, he also taught in
Georgia, Massachusetts and Illinois, as
well as at St. Mary's High School in
Manhassett, 1972 to 1979.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, he joined
the Marist Brothers of the Schools in
1940.
He earned a bachelor's degree in
education from Fordham University and
a Masters of Arts from Staley college in Brookline
Massachusetts.
His funeral mass was celebrated February 14 at the Chapel of
Mount Saint Michael Academy. Brother Godfrey was buried at
the Marist Brothers Cemetery in Esopus.
First edition 3 March 2012 ; corrections added 14 mar 2012 after receipt of information
from Brother Brice Byczynski