Obituaries

Lydia Floer

Apr 18, 2011

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Thursday, April 21,2011 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, April 20,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Long Island National Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Joseph Ferraro

Apr 12, 2011

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, April 16,2011- 12:30PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, April 15,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Thomas Tierney

Apr 12, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - He was a Staten Island sports legend. "If you got to know him past the baseball diamond, he had a heart of gold," College of Staten Island baseball coach Mike Mauro said of former Tottenville High School baseball coach Thomas (Tom) Tierney, who died yesterday at Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay, at...

Jeffrey DeStefano

Apr 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Jeffrey DeStefano, 58, of Tottenville, a transportation service general manager, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. DeStefano was raised in the Ozone Park section of Queens, before relocating to Tottenville in 1999. A graduate of Long Island University's School of Business, Mr. DeStefano owned two bus...

Emil Taute,Jr.

Apr 1, 2011

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, April 5,2011 10:30AM Rosehill Crematory- 11:30AM

Visitation:

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Thomas Riley

Mar 31, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Thomas E. Riley, 68, of Annadale, a loving family man who was active in the Knights of Columbus, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Grymes Hill in 1970 and to Annadale in 1976. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from...

William Hensch

Mar 31, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - William J. Hensch, 90, of Dongan Hills, a retired NYPD officer and bank loan officer, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Dongan Hills in 1989. Mr. Hensch served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a radio operator....

Breda Melendez

Mar 30, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Breda Melendez, 80, a longtime resident of Pleasant Plains who is remembered as a loving mother, died yesterday in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born Breda Hennebry in Manhattan, she graduated from All Saints High School there. She lived in various neighborhoods throughout New York City before settling in Pleasant...

Anna Campione

Mar 29, 2011

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, April 2,2011-9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, April 1,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Brian Malloy

Mar 28, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brian Malloy, 52, of Tottenville, a retired firefighter and dedicated family man who avidly cheered on the Yankees and Giants, died Monday at home of lung cancer. Born in Manhattan, he moved to Brooklyn with his family before settling in Pleasant Plains. He settled in Tottenville in 1987. Mr. Malloy graduated from Tottenville...

F. Birchard

Mar 28, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - F. Pepper Birchard, 88, an advertising and public relations executive who lived on Staten Island for over a half-century, died Monday at his home in Tottenville. Mr. Birchard was born in Scranton, Pa., and attended Mercersberg Academy and Penn State. He interrupted his college education to serve as a radio operator in the...

Catherine Taber

Mar 27, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Oakwood resident Catherine Taber, 70, a retired supervisor of housekeeping at Staten Island University Hospital who was an avid New York Yankees fan, died Sunday at Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Catherine Fragano in Great Kills, she graduated from the former St. Louis Academy in Pleasant Plains. She moved to Tottenville...

Margaret Ronconi

Mar 25, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Margaret Ronconi, 95, of Whiting, N.J., a loving matriarch and active community member, died Friday in St. Peter's Hospital, Albany. Born in Annadale Margaret Murphy, she lived there for 67 years and was involved in the community. She was a charter member and founder of the Annadale Garden Club; president...

Margaret Palmieri

Mar 19, 2011

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church Thursday, March 24,2011- 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, March 23,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Lois McVicker

Mar 14, 2011

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Services: Memorial Service Friday, April 22,2011-1:00PM St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Visitation:

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Church: St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Gloria Greifenstein

Mar 11, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Gloria Greifenstein, 80, of Concord, died Friday in Sunrise Assisted Living, Concord, where she had been a resident since 2006. Born Gloria Argenzio in Brooklyn, she moved to Eltingville in 1961 and to Manchester, N.J., in 1988. Mrs. Greifenstein worked as a switchboard operator for the New York Bell Company for 10 years,...

Alfred Cipriani

Mar 10, 2011

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, March 14,2011-9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, March 13,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Calverton National Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Eugene Moody

Mar 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lifelong Staten Islander Eugene M. Moody, 78, a retired city Sanitation worker, skilled cook, and a descendant of the original settlers of Sandy Ground, the first settlement of freed black slaves in the United States, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Mr. Moody had lived in the same house on...

Robert Ostwald

Mar 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Mr. Ostwald began his business career at the former family-owned Uniforms by Ostwald in New Brighton, a nationally known maker of band uniforms, but struck out on his own, founding Ostwald Industries, a designer and manufacturer of equipment for automated printing presses, located in Great Kills and Annadale. He later became a partner in the printing firm...

Dorothy McGonigle

Mar 5, 2011

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Services: Holy Child R.C. Church Wednesday, 03/09/2011-10:45AM

Visitation: Tuesday, 03/08/2011 2-4 & 7-9 PM

Memorials: Contributions to The American Cancer Society

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Holy Child R.C. Church