Obituaries

Aug 17, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Margaret (Peggy) Gamarra, 64, of New Dorp, a lifelong Staten Islander and retired nurse's aide, died Saturday at home. Born Margaret Huben in Prince's Bay, she graduated from Countess Moore Catholic High School and earned her bachelor of arts degree from Audrey Cohen College. She settled in New Dorp 35 years ago. Mrs. Gamarra worked as a...

Aug 16, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Brooklyn native Marjorie Gogarty, 85, of Prince's Bay, a gregarious retired secretary, died Friday at home. Born Marjorie Banks in Brooklyn, she moved to Prince's Bay in 1977. She graduated from the former Brooklyn Manual Training High School. She worked as a secretary at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for many years, retiring around 1988. She was a...

Aug 16, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Thomas Wagner, 50, a loving and devoted father and all around family man, died Friday at Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Wagner moved to New Springville in 1966, then Great Kills in 1990 before settling in Annadale in 2008. He worked as a stock broker for Legends Securities...

Aug 15, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Frank Savattere, 48, of New Springville, a plumber who is remembered as a loving father, died Thursday in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, he moved with family to New Springville as a boy. Mr. Savaterre graduated from Port Richmond High School in 1982. He had worked as...

Aug 13, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Susan Hohauser 61, of Pleasant Plains, a retired registered nurse, died Tuesday in the New Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center, Clifton. Born Susan Zbikowski in Brooklyn, she graduated from Bishop Kearney High School. She studied nursing at the former Staten Island Community College. Ms. Hohauser moved to Huguenot in 1984. She also lived in Travis before settling in Pleasant...

Aug 11, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d If you want to make a donation in lieu of flowers, Deborah's wish was that the receipient of your generosity be Alzheimer's. Her father had Alzheimer's, inspiring Deborah's hope that a cure be found. Donations can be made in her honor to Alzheimer's Association. There will be a box for donations at the viewing or you can...

Aug 10, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Catherine A. Inserra, 72, of Toms River, formerly of New Dorp Beach, best known for her home cooked meals, died Saturday in Kindred Hospital, Rahway, N.J. Born Catherine Lorusso in Manhattan, she also lived in Brooklyn before moving to Staten Island in 1999 and settling in New Dorp Beach. She moved to Toms River in 2012. A...

Aug 10, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Dorothy K. Murray, 89, of Prince's Bay, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Saturday in Buckingham at Norwood Care and Rehabilitation Center, Norwood, N.J. Born in Manhattan, she settled in Prince's Bay in 1952. Mrs. Murray most enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was fond of the companionship of her pets and...

Aug 6, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Bruno J. Trocciola, 95, of Annadale, a retired broker and a veteran of World War II, died Tuesday in the Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Castleton Corners. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from New Utrecht High School and moved to Annadale in 1970. He worked as a U.S. customs house broker at J.W. Hampton Jr....

Aug 6, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Kenneth W. Kelly, 56, of Prince's Bay, a print shop supervisor and manager of The Bitter End in Greenwich Village, died Tuesday in Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. Born and raised in Queens, Mr. Kelly moved to Prince's Bay in 1992. He graduated from the Franklin K. Lane Educational Campus in Brooklyn. He worked as a print shop...

Aug 3, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Richard Michael Grecco, 25, of Rossville, a lifelong Staten Islander remembered for his smile and winning personality, died Saturday of complications of pneumonia in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born in Westerleigh, he moved with his parents to Rossville when he was a year old. Mr. Grecco made national news in 1988, when he...

Jul 31, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander Carol Ann Abbate, 68, of The Villages, Fla., a homemaker, died Wednesday in Florida Hospital in Orlando. Born Carol Ann Cabral in Brooklyn, she graduated from Lafayette High School in her native borough. She lived in Huguenot for 30 years before moving to Florida in 2005. She was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time...

Jul 28, 2013

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Services: St. Joseph's RC Church Tuesday, July 30,2013 10:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9-10:00AM

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville

Jul 27, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Ivan Y. Hansen, 63, of Tottenville, a former communications technician, died of cancer Saturday at the Casa de la Luz Hospice in Tucson, Ariz. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Fort Hamilton High School. He then went on to attend College of Staten Island for two years and began working as a communications technician for AT&T. He moved...

Jul 26, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander Charlotte Eldred, 75, of Binghamton, N.Y., a retired teacher who enjoyed writing poetry, died Friday at home. Born Charlotte Montalbano in Tottenville, she moved to Binghamton in 1958. Mrs. Eldred was an English and creative writing teacher for many years at Maine-Endwell Junior and Senior High School, Endwell, retiring in the early 1990s. She...

Jul 23, 2013

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Services: Bedell-zPizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, July 24,2013 3:00PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, July 24,2013 1-4PM

Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Jul 22, 2013

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:15PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, July 25, 2013 11AM-1PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Jul 18, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Angelo (Phil) DiStefano, 77, of Tottenville, a retired city Sanitation worker who adored his family, died Thursday at home. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he settled in Tottenville in 1971. Mr. DiStefano served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957 and attained the rank of airman first class. He worked for...

Jul 15, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Denise G. Occhiogrosso, 59, of Brick, N.J., a former Staten Islander and business owner, died Monday in Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, she lived in Rossville for 20 years before settling in Brick. After graduating from Fort Hamilton High School, Ms. Occhiogrosso attended Pace University in Manhattan. She then spent more than 10...

Jul 9, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Frank R. Filoramo, 91, former New York City housing contractor and World War II veteran, died Tuesday in the Silver Lake Nursing Home, Brighton Heights. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from New Utrecht High School in 1940. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1941 and served as a petty officer in Guam, Midway Atoll and Iwo...