Obituaries

Jan 4, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander Lila M. Montalbano, 61, of Huguenot, a registered nurse who enoyed traveling and helping others, died Saturday at home. Born Lila Matsen in Rossville, she moved to Huguenot in 1983. She worked as a registered nurse at Staten Island Heart, retiring in 2011. After graduating from Tottenville High School, Mrs. Montalbano earned a bachelor's...

Jan 3, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Esther S. Paugh, 97, of Tottenville and Ocean Grove, N.J., who's family and church were very important to her, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Esther A. Sorensen in Perth Amboy, N.J., she moved to Tottenville as an infant. She and her daughter recently rebuilt their Ocean Grove home after Hurricane Sandy's destruction,...

Jan 3, 2014

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Services: St. Leo the Great RC Church Monday, January 6, 2014 10:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, January 5, 2014 2-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Leo the Great R.C. Church

Jan 2, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Staten Islander Louis (John) Messina, 69, of Pleasant Plains, a retired finish carpenter who loved animals, died Thursday in the Addeo Hospice, in Egbertville, after a week's stay. Born in Barberton, Ohio, he was brought to Rosebank as a child and grew up there. He settled in Pleasant Plains in 1989. After graduating from New Dorp...

Dec 31, 2013

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, January 4, 2014 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, January 2, 2014 & Friday, January3, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Dec 29, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander Augusta (Gussie) Montalbano, 95, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Richmond Valley, she remained there her entire life, in her family's homestead on Murray Street, until she shifted to Rosebank six months ago. Ms. Montalbano was a beloved fixture behind the counter at Montalbano's, the family-owned Italian specialty store...

Dec 29, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Westerleigh resident Rosalie Rodowsky, 87, of Brick, N.J., a retired U.S. Postal Service supervisor, died Dec. 29 at home. Born and raised Rosalie Fanuzzi in Bulls Head, she moved to Westerleigh in 1956 and settled in Brick in 1984. A 1931 graduate of Port Richmond High School, she worked as a post officer supervisor, retiring in...

Dec 23, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Michelle Lawler, 44, of Pleasant Plains, a devoted mother who enjoyed spending time with her son, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Michelle Wiseman in Brooklyn, she was brought to Castleton Corners as a child and settled in Pleasant Plains in 2003. Mrs. Lawler began her career as a nurse at St. Vincent's...

Dec 19, 2013

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, December 29,2013 8PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, December 28, 2013 2-4 & 7-9PM and Sunday, December 29, 2013 7-9PM

Cemetery: Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Dec 18, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d John Grimes, 86, of Tottenville, an attorney who served in the Navy during World War II, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Washington, D.C., he graduated from Gonzaga High School and received his law degree from George Washington University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1944 to...

Dec 16, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Peter J. Mustacchia, 68, of Prince's Bay, a retired city Sanitation Department worker, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Manhattan, Mr. Mustacchia lived in Brooklyn before moving to Staten Island 15 years ago. He lived in Oakwood for a short time before settling in Prince's Bay. Mr. Mustacchia worked for the city's...

Dec 12, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander Vincent Pisani, 78, of Amityville, L.I., a retired supermarket manager, died Thursday in Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, L.I. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Charleston about 10 years ago, before settling in Amityville four years ago. Mr. Pisani was a graduate of Brooklyn's Lafayette High School. He worked for 30 years as a manager of...

Dec 10, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Rose Hills, 91, of Charleston, a homemaker who enjoyed the theater, died Tuesday at home. Born Rose Sinatra in Manhattan, she arrived on Staten Island as a young girl. She lived in Dongan Hills before moving to Georgia in the 1940s. She returned to the Island in 1952 and settled in Charleston. Mrs. Hills was a homemaker...

Dec 8, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d A funeral mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church, Tottenville, for Kyle John Miller, 18, of Tottenville, a soft-spoken, dedicated and skilled mechanic, who died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital from injuries he sustained in a car crash last Wednesday. Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home in Tottenville is handling arrangements,...

Dec 3, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Catherine M. Vantine, 54, of Tottenville, a Mount Loretto employee for nearly three decades, whose sunny disposition was an inspiration to all, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Pleasant Plains, she moved to Tottenville in 1969. Ms. Vantine worked in the housekeeping and food services departments at the Mission...

Dec 1, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Alfred Austin, 84, of Annadale, a former police sergeant who enjoyed the outdoors, died Sunday after a long illness in Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners, where he resided for the past three years. Born in Manhattan, he was brought to Prince's Bay as an infant. He also lived in Tottenville before settling in...

Dec 1, 2013

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Services: Church of the Transfiguration Wednesday, December 4,2013 at 10:30 a.m.

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, December 2,2013 2-4 & 7-10PM

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions to St. Jude's Childrens Hospital or Ronald McDonald House in Rose's name would be appreciated

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location:...

Nov 29, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Patricia Tobias, 46, of Tottenville, died Nov. 29 in her home. Ms. Tobias moved with her family to West Brighton from Brooklyn in the late 1960s. She relocated to Barnegat Bay, N.J., in 1968, but returned to Staten Island in 1977, living first in Oakwood, then in Tottenville starting in 1979. Ms. Tobias was employed as a...

Nov 22, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Anton L. (Tony) Cossean, 56, of Rossville, a lifelong Staten Islander and a freelance mason who loved animals and was an advocate for them, died Friday at home. Born in Huguenot, Mr. Cossean moved with family to Rossville when he was a boy and remained in the community. He was a graduate of Tottenville High School, and...

Nov 19, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Tottenville resident Alice G. Doody, 80, died Tuesday in Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Shrewsbury, N.J. Born Alice Carraher in Brooklyn, she graduated from Fontbonne Hall Academy. She moved to Staten Island in 1964 and lived in Tottenville until relocating to Shrewsbury five years ago. She was first employed as a secretary at the Federal Reserve...