Obituaries

Jun 1, 2013

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Services: Memorial Mass at Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Saturday, June 8,2013 10:15AM

Visitation:

Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

May 29, 2013

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, May 31,2013 8:00PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, May 31,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: The Greenwood Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

May 28, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d William Gorman, 87, of Oakwood, a baseball fan and avid golfer, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in New Dorp, Mr. Gorman moved to Marshalls Creek, Pa., in 1985 and lived there for 15 years. In 2000, he returned to Staten Island and settled in Oakwood. Mr. Gorman graduated from New Dorp High...

May 25, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Damian C. Russo, 35, of Pleasant Plains, whose joyful spirit, zest for life and compassion for others were a shining example to all who knew him, died Saturday at home, of complications of cardiopulmonary disease. The lifelong Staten Islander was born with Down syndrome and cardiac anomalies, and was given up for adoption within hours of his...

May 21, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Michael G. French, 53, of Huguenot, a city mechanic, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Brooklyn, he settled in Huguenot in 1961. Mr. French worked for 30 years as a mechanic for the New York City Department of Sanitation, working out of the Travis division. He retired in 2010. Mr. French graduated...

May 21, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Josephine Maklari, 96, of Tottenville, a homemaker who was active in several organizations, died Monday at home. Born Josephine Elizabeth Chmura, she lived her entire life in Tottenville, moving only once to another house in the neighborhood at the age of 8. She graduated from Tottenville High School and was a parishioner of Our Lady Help of...

May 21, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Lawrence H. (Giggy) Naeder, 77, of Tottenville, the borough's first deputy chief of operations for the city Department of Parks and Recreation, died Tuesday at home. Born and raised in Richmond Valley, he settled in Tottenville in 1958. Mr. Naeder served for 37 years with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation....

May 17, 2013

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Tuesday, May 21,2013 9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday,May 20,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

May 15, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Richard W. Kempton Sr., 74, of Rossville, a fourth-generation Staten Islander who was a devout Roman Catholic, died Wednesday at home. Born in Rosebank, Mr. Kempton also lived in New Brighton and Stapleton before settling in Rossville 45 years ago. At McKee High School, he wrote for the school newspaper and belonged to...

May 15, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Donna Albert, 86, of Tottenville, a loving mother and grandmother who ran the neighborhood food pantry at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Donna McDermott in Brooklyn, she moved to Tottenville with her family as a child, and remained there for the rest of...

May 8, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Anthony Renda, 51, of Tottenville, a car dealership co-owner and general manager, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Manhattan, Mr. Renda was raised in Brooklyn and settled in Tottenville in 1999. Mr. Renda worked for 17 years as the co-owner and general manager at Fordham Toyota in the Bronx. He was a...

May 5, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Leonard J. Mazzarisi, 88, of Richmond, a practicing attorney, died Sunday in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he knew from an early age he wanted to be an attorney, writing about his goal in the autograph album of his PS 97 elementary school. He graduated from Lafayette...

May 3, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Joseph Ferro, 84, of Charleston, a retired sanitation foreman, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Brooklyn, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He moved to New Springville in 1971 and to Charleston in 2001. He was a foreman for the city Department of Sanitation for 20 years, retiring...

Apr 28, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Anthony Brancella, 79, of Tottenville, a retired NYPD officer and a devoted family man, died Sunday at home. Born in Brooklyn, he lived in Bay Ridge. He moved to Great Kills in 1970 and to Tottenville in 1975. Mr. Brancella served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, seeing duty in the Korean War. He had...

Apr 27, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Alfred F. Figuly, 86, of Tottenville, a retired firefighter and the father of nine children, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Figuly moved to Huguenot in the 1950s and settled in Tottenville several years later. Mr. Figuly was a firefighter with the FDNY for 37 years, retiring in 1990. He...

Apr 22, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lillian Albanese, 83, of Tottenville, a former buyer who enjoyed listening to music, died Monday at home. Born Lillian Setler in Brooklyn, she came to Staten Island in 1996, settling in Tottenville. Mrs. Albanese was a buyer for Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, for 26 years. She retired in 1995. She was a graduate of...

Apr 20, 2013

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Services: Funeral Service at Bedell- Pizzo Funeral Home on Thursday April 25, 2013 -10:30 AM. Burial to follow at Moravian Cemetery.

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday,April 24, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Apr 19, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Charles W. Kohm Jr., 57, of West Brighton, a local business owner who loved to give back to his community, died Friday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Mr. Kohm was born in Huguenot, and graduated from Tottenville High School. He settled in West Brighton in 1987. In 1978, he received a bachelor of science degree...

Apr 19, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Richmond Valley resident Donathy A. Grzeskowiak, 92, a homemaker and devout Catholic, died Friday in the Richmond University Medical Center, in West Brighton. Born Donathy A. Nowicki in Bayonne, she moved to Tottenville in 1935 and to Richmond Valley in 1948. She had been a resident of the Richmond Center for Rehabilitation...

Apr 14, 2013

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Services: St. Mary's Mother of Jesus RC Church Wednesday, April 17,2013 10:15AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, April 16,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: St. Charles Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Mary's Mother of Jesus RC Church