Obituaries
Gerard Stechmann
Apr 9, 2013
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Services: St. Gregory the Great RC Church Friday, April 12, 2013 11:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, April 10,2013 7-9PM & Thursday, April 11,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Gregory the Great RC Church
Helen Tobin
Apr 8, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander, Helen T. Tobin, 85, of Clifton, Va., a retired secretary �who was dedicated to her family, died Monday at her home in Clifton, Va. She was born Helen Baker in Newark and grew up in Irvington, N.J. After she and Michael Tobin wed in 1946, the couple settled in Tottenville. They moved to Prince's...
Dorothy Manee
Apr 7, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Dorothy Manee, 95, a retired legal secretary and a loving mother and grandmother, died April 7 at her residence in Sunrise Senior Living, Concord. She was born in Brooklyn and lived there for 72 years. She then relocated to Columbus, N.J., until settling at Sunrise four years ago. Mrs. Manee worked as a legal secretary for 40...
Marie Galbraith
Apr 4, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Marie Claire Galbraith, 94, of Tottenville, died Thursday in the Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville. Born Marie Claire Drennan in Pleasant Plains, she moved to Tottenville 30 years ago. She worked as a clerk at Metropolitan Life Insurance for 20 years, and previously had been a dietitian at the former St. Vincent's Hospital, now Richmond...
John Weingartner
Mar 29, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - John Weingartner, 80, of Richmond Valley, a retired banker who served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Queens, he was brought to Richmond Valley as a child. He also lived in several other neighborhoods before returning to Richmond Valley...
Margaret Goey
Mar 29, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Margaret C. McGoey, 66, of Sayreville, N.J., died Friday in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J. Born Margaret C. Morgan in Brooklyn, she moved to Tottenville in 1971 before settling in Sayreville in 2005. She was a legal secretary for several years, and also worked as a secretary...
Mary Weingartner
Mar 26, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Mary Virginia Weingartner, 76, of Richmond Valley, a homemaker and retired housekeeper, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Mary Sindle in Rossville, she moved to West Brighton in 1975; Oakwood Heights in 1978, and to Richmond Valley in 1989. Mrs. Weingartner worked for 25 years as a private housekeeper, retiring...
Maghita Chelaru
Mar 26, 2013
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Services: Immediate Cremation
Visitation:
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Margaret Lahey
Mar 23, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Margaret H. (Peggy) Lahey, 85, of Concord, a former telephone operator and the loving matriarch of three generations of family, died Saturday at her residence in Sunrise Senior Living. She was born Margaret H. McEwan in Brooklyn and was brought to Oakwood as a child in 1929. In the late 1930s, she moved to Tottenville, where she...
Julie Jones
Mar 23, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Julie Jones, 55, a movie and TV industry accountant who was responsible for the budgets of several Hollywood blockbusters, died March 24 at her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Born on Staten Island, Ms. Jones grew up in Eltingville. She graduated from Tottenville High School, then attended the College of Staten Island and Brooklyn...
Helen Nagy
Mar 20, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Remembered for her devotion to family and love of ballroom dancing, Helen Nagy, 80, a Prince's Bay resident for 75 years, died �Wednesday at home. Born Helen DeFusco in Jersey City, she was brought to Staten Island at the tender age of 5, and her family settled in Prince's Bay. She graduated from...
Jennie Schiano
Mar 19, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Jennie Schiano, 82, of Tottenville, a retired seamstress, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Jennie Schiano in Monte di Procida, Naples, Italy, she moved to Brooklyn in 1948. In 1987, she moved to Graniteville and settled in Tottenville in 1999. Mrs. Schiano worked for a few years as a seamstress for a garment...
Louis Menditto
Mar 18, 2013
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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Friday, March 22,2013 11:15AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, March 20,2013 & Thursday, March 21,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church
Robert McMahon
Mar 16, 2013
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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Memorial Service- Friday, April 26,2013 11:00AM
Visitation:
Cemetery: St. Joseph's Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Patricia Vita
Mar 11, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Patricia Vita, 60, of Rossville, a former nightclub singer who later managed a family business before becoming a homemaker, died Monday in Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan. Born Patricia Katz in Brooklyn, she moved to Staten Island in 1987. She lived in Great Kills and Annadale before settling in Rossville 11 years ago. Mrs. Vita sang in nightclubs...
Veronica Berardi
Mar 10, 2013
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, March 13,2013 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, March 12,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
John Schron
Mar 8, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander John (Jack) T. Schron, 63, of Eltingville, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Tottenville, Mr. Schron lived in Pleasant Plains before settling in Eltingville in the mid-1990s. He was a detective for the NYPD in Manhattan, retiring in 1996. He graduated from Tottenville High School. Mr. Schron enjoyed spending...
Margaret Wilson
Mar 7, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Margaret Wilson, 87, of Richmond Valley, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died Thursday in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. She was born and raised Margaret Lombardi in Brooklyn. She also lived in Tottenville before settling in Richmond Valley. Mrs. Wilson worked in Manhattan for MGM Studios before her marriage,...
Frederick Burkley
Mar 4, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Frederick Valentine Burkley, 80, of Annadale, a retired city firefighter and a doting grandfather, died Monday in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born in Tottenville, the lifelong Islander settled in Annadale in 1955. Mr. Burkley graduated from Tottenville High School. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from Wagner College, Grymes Hill,...
Lucille Sconzo
Mar 3, 2013
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Services: St. Agnes RC Church Wednesday, March 6,2013 9:45AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, March5,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: The Greenwood Cemetery
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
