Obituaries

Eugene Urbanczyk

Feb 17, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Eugene (Gene) Urbanczyk, 78, of Prince's Bay, a retired security guard who was very active in his church and loved traveling the world, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. The lifelong Staten Islander was born in Elm Park and moved with family to Tottenville when he was about 3 years old. He settled in...

Frank Cassella

Feb 16, 2015

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, February 24, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Phyllis Buccafusco

Feb 16, 2015

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Friday, February 20, 2015 10:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7-9 & Thursday, February 19, 2015 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Olympia Trocciola

Feb 13, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Annadale resident Olympia Theresa Trocciola, 93, a homemaker who will be remembered as strong willed and warm hearted, died Friday in Addeo House, Egbertville. She was born Olympia Theresa Masino in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. In 1970, she settled in Annadale. Mrs. Trocciola worked as a ladies accessories finisher in...

Anthony Corino

Feb 11, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Staten Islander Anthony Corino, 78, of Travis, a retired carpenter, bar manager and veteran who will be remembered as a loving family man with a great sense of humor, died Wednesday at home. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in his native borough. He moved to Graniteville in 1970 and...

Margaret Ledger

Feb 8, 2015

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Services: Memorial Mass at Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church on Saturday, February 28, 2015 12:00 Noon

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Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Marian (Izzo)

Feb 7, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Marion Lancia Izzo passed away in New Jersey on February 7, 2015. She is the beloved mother of Paul John and Pauline Izzo. She is a the devoted grandmother of Brandon, Taylor, Cameron, Johnny, Paulie and Nicky. Beloved sister of Alice Carmella and Josephine. You lived a life of being a mother, grandmother, an aunt,a sister, a...

Robert Venditti

Feb 5, 2015

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Services: Sunday February 8, 2015 7:30PM at the Funeral Home Monday February 9, 2015 10:00AM at Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home to leave for Rosehill Crematory

Visitation: Sunday February 8, 2015 2-4 & 7-9 at the Funeral Home

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home...

Capt. (ret.)

Feb 4, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Robert A. Biller, 81, of Charleston, S.C., a retired career Coast Guard captain, died Feb 4 at home. Born and raised in Tottenville, he graduated from Tottenville High School in 1951. He lived in Cape May, N.J. and settled in Charleston in 2010. He graduated first in his class in 1956 from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy,...

Rosario Succoso

Feb 3, 2015

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Services: Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Saturday, February 7, 2015 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, February 5, 2015 & Friday, February 6, 2015 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C.Church

Christine Kaasmann

Feb 3, 2015

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Services: Holy Child RC Church Monday, February 9, 2015 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, February 8, 2015 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Holy Child R.C. Church

Rosemarie Fillbrunn

Feb 2, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Rosemarie Fillbrunn, 61, of Sunnyside, a lifelong Staten Islander and former hospital employee who was devoted to her big, close-knit family, died Monday in New York Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan. Born and raised in Rosebank, she went to high school on the Island. She also lived in Dongan Hills before settling in Sunnyside four years ago. Ms. Fillbrunn...

Audrey McKinnie

Feb 1, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Audrey L. McKinnie, 80, of West Brighton, a retired nurse's aide and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Sunday in Richmond University Medical Center, also West Brighton. A lifelong Staten Islander, she was born Audrey L. Moody in Sandy Ground, where her family first settled five generations ago. She graduated from Tottenville High School. Mrs. McKinnie worked...

Mary Frank

Jan 27, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Mary R. Frank, 84, of Holmdel, N.J., a retired executive secretary who was devoted to her family and her faith, died Tuesday in Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, N.J. Born Mary Rose SanNicola in Concord, moved to West Brighton,where she was raised. After her marriage she moved to South Beach , where she raised her...

Eleanor Gagliardi

Jan 23, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Eleanor Gagliardi, 90, of Rossville, a retired cosmetologist and loving homemaker whose family was everything to her, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised Eleanor Fasano in downtown Brooklyn, she went to high school in her native borough. She later lived in Canarsie, and settled in Rossville in 1989. She was working...

Marion Scarpa

Jan 16, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Oakwood resident Marion Scarpa, 87, a homemaker and former bookkeeper and the loving matriarch of three generations of her family, died Friday in Eger Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville, after a week's stay. Born Marion Lanzano in Brooklyn, she moved to Oakwood in 1962. Primarily a homemaker, after her children were older, she worked for more...

Judith Burton

Jan 14, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Judith Reidinger-Burton, 71, a retired city police administrative aide who was devoted to her family, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. She was born Judith McCormick in Brooklyn, where she graduated from St. Edmund's High School. Ms. Reidinger-Burton also lived in Great Kills before settling in Prince's Bay. She worked for 17 years as...

Shirley McCracken

Jan 12, 2015

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, January 16, 2015

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, January 15, 2015 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Benjamin Salvione

Jan 12, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Benjamin H. (Butch) Salvione, 73, of Huguenot, a retired plant superintendent who was known as a true gentleman who believed in honesty and moral values, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born and raised in Port Richmond, he attended Port Richmond High School. After he and Barbara Rose Gallagher wed, the couple lived in...

Geno Faiella

Jan 11, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Prince's Bay resident Geno Faiella, 94, a career U.S. Army soldier and a loving family man, died Sunday at home. Born in Brooklyn, he grew up in Bensonhurst and graduated from New Utrecht High School in his native borough. Mr. Faiella enlisted in the Army shortly after graduating, during World War II and began his 30-year...