Reverend James D. Caffery, M.S., a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, Province of Mary, Mother of the Americas, died on Friday, June 17, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He was born in Middletown, Connecticut on April 9, 1933, son of James P. and Emilia (Viger) Caffery. He attended local schools in Middletown before entering the La Salette Seminary High School in Hartford in 1947. He completed junior college at La Salette Seminary in Bloomfield and Hartford before entering the novitiate in Bloomfield in 1953. Father pronounced first vows on July 2, 1954 and made perpetual profession on July 2, 1957. He completed his studies for the priesthood at the La Salette Seminary in Ipswich, Massachusetts and was ordained on May 28, 1960 by the Most Reverend Thomas J. Riley, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston. After ordination Father Caffery was named prefect at the La Salette Junior Seminary in Cheshire. Later he taught at the La Salette Seminary in Altamont, New York for several years before being named Superior and Director of Scholastics at La Salette Seminary in Ipswich in 1970 and Director of Brother Postulants in 1973. In 1977 he was appointed assistant pastor of St. James Parish in Danielson and then pastor of St. Mary Church in Ware, Massachusetts. After serving for five years at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Parish in Sulphur, Louisiana, Father ministered for the next sixteen years in Georgia at St. Matthew Church in Fairburn, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Smyrna, and Our Lady of La Salette Parish in Canton. He loved parish life and ministering to the needs of people. In 2006 he retired to Blessed Trinity Parish in Orlando, Florida, and resided there until September of 2009 when he was named to residence at Hartford House in Hartford. In addition to his La Salette confreres, Father Caffery is survived by a brother, William Caffery of Higganum, Connecticut. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, June 20, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at Hartford House Chapel, 85 New Park Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut followed by burial at Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Friends may call at Hartford House from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Monday. Contributions may be made in Father Caffery's memory to: Missionaries of La Salette Retirement Fund, 915 Maple Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114-2330. To share a memory, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com