Obituaries

Aug 28, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander Louise Scheid, 92, a retired school attendance aide, died Tuesday in the Health First Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, Fla. Born Louise Marie Jeffers in Stapleton, she moved to Pleasant Plains in 1960 and to Melbourne in 2007. A graduate of McKee High School, Mrs. Scheid was an attendance aide at Bernstein Intermediate School in...

Aug 26, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Frances Margaret Reckhow, 97, of Tottenville, a New Jersey native who had many talents and interests, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. She was born Frances Margaret Heckman in Newark, but early on spent summers in Tottenville, where her family operated a refreshment stand, By Heck, on the shoreline at the end of Manhattan...

Aug 26, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Carol F. Johnson, 68, of Prince's Bay, a retired public health adviser who loved conversations with friends and family, died Sunday in Richmond University Medical Center, in West Brighton. Born Carol Ciccolo in the Bronx, she was brought to Great Kills when she was 14 and graduated from New Dorp High School in...

Aug 19, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Anthony DiDomenico, 49, of Peekskill, N.Y., a former Staten Islander, died Sunday at home. Born in Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, L.I., Mr. DiDomenico moved with family to Westerleigh when he was 6-years old, then later on, moved to Prince's Bay. Mr. DiDomenico had a great love for trucks, motorcycles and roller-coasters. He also enjoyed watching...

Aug 16, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Robert A. Mandry, 70, of Prince's Bay, a retired Con Edison supervisor and hot rod enthusiast, died Thursday at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Mandry graduated from the Westinghouse Trade School in Brooklyn. He moved to Prince's Bay in 1991. He worked for Consolidated Edison for 38 years,...

Aug 16, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Staten Islander John Drennan Sr., 91, of Massillon, Ohio, a retired moving company owner, airplane pilot and restorer, and golf enthusiast, died Thursday at the Laurels Nursing Home in Massillon. Born in Pleasant Plains, he graduated from Tottenville High School. He lived in the community until moving to North Canton, Ohio, in...

Aug 14, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Staten Islander Thomas Vermaelen of Drums, Pa., a salesman in the steel industry, died Tuesday in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., of cancer. His age was 71. Born in Manhattan, he was reared in Great Kills and West Brighton. He relocated to Pennsylvania in 1996. He graduated from St....

Aug 12, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Tottenville resident Paulette Brown, 69, a retired nurse who loved browsing at yard sales, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay, of a stroke. Born in Manhattan in 1943, the former Paulette Maher relocated as a teenager to Tottenville, where she remained for the rest of her life. Mrs. Brown worked as a licensed practical...

Aug 8, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Margaret Balzi, 82, of Dongan Hills, a former insurance agent, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Margaret Britlan in Fall River, Mass., she moved to Staten Island in 1936, settling in Stapleton. She graduated from McKee High School and moved to Dongan Hills in 1954. She...

Aug 7, 2012

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Services: Immediate Cremation

Visitation:

Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Aug 7, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Staten Islander Nancy DeMartino, 67, of The Villages, Fla., a retired executive secretary, died Tuesday at home. Born Nancy Hricewhich in Brooklyn, she also lived in Peekskill, N.Y., before returning to Brooklyn. She lived in Bay Terrace and Prince's Bay before moving to Florida. Mrs. DeMartino worked as an executive secretary for...

Aug 3, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- George Williams, 83, a retired insurance broker, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he graduated from Boys High School and moved to Prince's Bay in 1986. Mr. Williams was a self-employed insurance broker at Alcar, located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn for 45 years,...

Jul 31, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Staten Islander Warren E. Schiele, 89, of Prince's Bay, a retired math teacher and loving family man, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital South, Prince's Bay. Born in Stapleton, he later moved to Prince's Bay. Mr. Schiele was born in Stapleton and graduated from Tottenville High School. A World War II...

Jul 30, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Staten Islander and retired NYPD officer William J. Widmer, 71, of Pleasant Plains, died Monday at home. Born and raised in Stapleton, Mr. Widmer graduated from St. Peter's Boys High School in New Brighton in 1959 and later settled in Pleasant Plains. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1965 until...

Jul 30, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Mary Hurley, 77, of Tottenville, a retired registered nurse affectionately known as Meemah, a name given her by her grandchildren, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Mary Flaherty in Somerville, Mass., she grew up in New England and lived in Vermont, Maine and Connecticut before moving...

Jul 29, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Wednesday, August 1,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, July 31,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Jul 29, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, August 1,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, July 31,2012 2-5 & 7-10PM

Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Jul 19, 2012

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Services: Monday July 23,2012 a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian burial at Mary Queen of Heaven R.C. Church , Old Mill Basin , Brooklyn. Burial at St. John's Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.

Visitation: Friends will be received Sunday July 22, 2012 2-4 & 7-9 PM

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location:...

Jul 15, 2012

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Services:

Visitation:

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Jul 13, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Bernard V. Cossean Sr., 85, of Tottenville, a World War II veteran and retired city firefighter, died Friday at home. Born in Rossville, he moved to Charleston in 1952 and to Tottenville in 1998. A graduate of Tottenville High School, he joined the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving aboard the USS Hannis Taylor. Mr. Cossean...