Obituaries

Jan 17, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Monday, January 23,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturdday, January 21,2012 7-9PM & Sunday, January 22,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Jan 13, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Carol Araneda, 73, of Meiers Corners, died Friday at the Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners. Born Carol Roberti in Canarsie, Brooklyn, she moved to Rossville in 1995, and to Toms River, N.J., in 2001 before moving back to the Island to Meiers Corners a year-and-a-half ago. A homemaker, she...

Jan 12, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Frances Carbone, 83, of Huguenot, a retired executive secretary who enjoyed cooking, traveling and being around people, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Frances Fatuzzo in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, she remained in the community until 2005, when she settled with her husband in Huguenot. She worked for 25 years as...

Jan 10, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Alfina Joyce Jones, 66, of Tottenville, a homemaker, died yesterday at home. Born Alfina Lapcevic in New Dorp Beach, she moved to Liverpool, N.Y., in 1975. In 1976, she returned to the Island and settled in Tottenville. A homemaker, Mrs. Jones worked as a model for several years at Macy's...

Jan 8, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Leon (Sonny) Lucchesi, 78, of Pleasant Plains, a retired firefighter and father of three, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in the Bronx, he moved to downtown Manhattan when he 13 years old, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the former...

Jan 5, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Monday, January 9,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, January 8,2011 2-5 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Jan 5, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Doris Winters, 81, a resident of Clove Lakes Heath Care and Rehabilitation Center, Castleton Corners, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Eltingville, Ms. Winters lived in a number of communities throughout Staten Island, including Great Kills, Travis, New Brighton, Midland Beach and Sea View. The last...

Jan 4, 2012

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Services: St. Joseph's RC Church Monday, January 9,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Saturday, January 7,2012 & Sunday, January 8,2012 2-4, & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Jan 2, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Theresa Catalano, 92, of Tottenville, the loving matriarch of three generations, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. She was born Theresa Inga in Newark. She moved to Seaside, N.J., in 1990, and settled in Tottenville in 1995. Mrs. Catalano retired from the Woodbridge Township School District in New Jersey,...

Dec 31, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Philip J. Gebbia, 66, of Cape Coral, Fla., a retired printer and business owner, died Dec. 31 in Sunrise Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to New Springville in 1980 and to Prince's Bay in 1988. He relocated to Cape Coral in 2010. A...

Dec 30, 2011

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Services: Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 AM on Tuesday January 3, 2012 at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church

Visitation: Monday January 2,2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. at Bedell-Pizzo Funeral home

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church...

Dec 27, 2011

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, December 29,2011 9:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, December 28,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Dec 21, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Remembered for his love of the outdoors, Edward A. Matthes Jr., a native Staten Islander and the devoted patriarch of three generations, died Wednesday at his home in Pine Bush, N.Y. His age was 80. He grew up in Richmond Valley and Pleasant Plains, and attended Tottenville High School. He lived for many...

Dec 15, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Louis F. Sberna Sr., 81, of Tottenville, the loving patriarch of three generations, died Thursday in Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, in Castleton Corners. Born and raised in Mariners Harbor, Mr. Sberna attended McKee High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954, stationed stateside...

Dec 12, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Kingston "Dean" McDonnell, 71, of Colonia, N.J., a retired hairdresser, competitive bodybuilder and business owner, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Tottenville, he attended Tottenville High School. He relocated to New Jersey 19 years ago. Mr. McDonnell joined the U.S. Marine Corps...

Dec 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Great Kills resident Gertrude C. Unger, 90, the loving matriarch of three generations, died Thursday in Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she had resided since January. She was born Gertrude Messinger in Boston, and was brought to Great Kills as a child. She remained in the community for...

Dec 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Marie A. Rettig, 59, of Woodbridge, N.J., a loving mother who doted on her son, died Thursday at home. She was born Marie Sauss in Tottenville and graduated from the former St. Louis Academy in Pleasant Plains. She lived in Tottenville until relocating to Menlo Park, N.J., many years ago....

Dec 6, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Alice Frances Alexander, 85, of Tottenville, a devoted mother and grandmother who overcame many hardships in her life, died Tuesday at home. She was born Alice Muller in Prince's Bay and graduated from Tottenville High School. She later lived in Eltingville before moving to Great Kills, where she spent most...

Dec 4, 2011

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, December 7,2011 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, December 7,2011 8:30 - 9:30AM

Cemetery: The Greenwood Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Dec 1, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - David Salvatore Stagno II, 27, of Great Kills, died Thursday at home. Born in Great Kills, he was a co-founder and operator with his father of the King David Dinettes shop in Charleston. Mr. Stagno attended Five Towns Music College, and he was a graduate of Monsignor Farrell High School, Oakwood. For three...