Obituaries
Michael French
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...
Lawrence Naeder
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....
Mary Flanagan
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
Richard Kempton
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...
Donna Albert
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...
Anthony Renda
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...
Leonard Mazzarisi
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...
Joseph Ferro
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...
Anthony Brancella
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...
Alfred Figuly
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...
Lillian Albanese
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...
Muriel Bedell
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
Donathy Grzeskowiak
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...
Charles Kohm Jr
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...
Frank Kinkopf
Apr 14, 2013
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, April 17,2013 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, April 16,2013 2-6PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Dolores Dalli
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
Anthony Scarpa
Apr 10, 2013
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Services: Memorial Visitation on Sunday April 14, 2013 from 2- 5 PM
Visitation:
Anna Carfora
Apr 10, 2013
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Services: Holy Child RC Church Saturday, April 13,2013 11:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, April 12,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Holy Child R.C. Church
Frederick Morio
Apr 9, 2013
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Services: Family will have a memorial Mass at 10:00 AM, on Monday April 15, 2013 at Our Lady Help Of Christian R. C. Church.
Visitation: Private Cremation
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Jessie McCann
Apr 9, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Jessie Veronica McCann, 88, of Richmond Valley, a former secretary and devoted mother and grandmother, died Tuesday at home. Born Jessie Wilson in Union City, N.J., she moved to Brooklyn after her marriage. She settled in Richmond Valley in 1959. Mrs. McCann worked for several years as a secretary for the International Nickel Company in Manhattan before...
