Obituaries
Kelli Rock
Jan 27, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, February 1, 2014 9:30AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, January 30, 2014 & Friday, January 31, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Silvermount Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Gerlando Costanza
Jan 26, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Gerlando (Jerry) Costanza, 86, of Dongan Hills, a retired businessman who is remembered for his joyful spirit and his devotion to his family, died Sunday at home. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Staten Island in 1990. Mr. Costanza owned Vicki's Sportswear, a clothing manufacturing business, until retiring in the early 1980s. He had many...
John Riggio
Jan 26, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d John A. Riggio, 47, of Annadale, a data storage company supervisor and devoted family man, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay, of anaphylactic shock. Born in Brooklyn, he moved with family to Annadale as a boy in 1977. Mr. Riggio graduated from Tottenville High School. He worked as a supervisor for Internap, Manhattan, and...
John Araneda
Jan 21, 2014
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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Monday, January 27, 2014 9:30AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, January 25, 2014 7-9PM & Sunday, January 26, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Pinelawn Memorial Park
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church
Grace Killeen
Jan 20, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Tottenville resident Grace A. Killeen, 74, a retired parish secretary and pharmacy clerk who was devoted to her family, died Monday at home. The former Grace A. Cirillo was born and raised in the Bronx. She settled in Tottenville in 1971. Mrs. Killeen worked as a clerk in the former J & J Pharmacy, Tottenville, from...
Edward Johnson, Sr
Jan 18, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander Edward Johnson Sr., 72, of Richmond Valley, a retired city Sanitation mechanic who was renowned for his welding skills, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Prince's Bay. Born in Annadale, Mr. Johnson graduated from Tottenville High School. Mr. Johnson also lived in several South Shore communities before moving to Richmond Valley in...
Valerie Lavin
Jan 18, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Saturday, February 22,2014 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, February 21, 2014 3-7PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C.Church
Enrico Corapi
Jan 18, 2014
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Services: Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, January 21 ,2014 at Resurrection Cemetery at 10:00 AM.
Visitation: NO VISITATION
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Anne Pistek
Jan 16, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Anne Pistek, 89, a homemaker, died Thursday in the Carmel-Richmond Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she had been a resident since 2007. Born Anne Weening and raised in Tottenville, she graduated from Tottenville High School in 1942. While there, she was in the Latin Club. She attended...
Frank Paoluccio, Sr
Jan 9, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Frank V. Paoluccio, 77, of Sunnyside, a retired MTA bus driver who loved to coach Little League and follow baseball, died Thursday at home. Born in New Brighton, he settled in Sunnyside in 1993. Mr. Paoluccio graduated from McKee High School in 1954. He served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Thaddeus Parker destroyer escort as...
Deborah Napoli
Jan 9, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Monday, January 13, 2014 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, January 11, 2014 7-9PM & Sunday, January 12, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Memorials: In lieu of flowers,contributions to Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center would be appreciated.
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)...
Lila Montalbano
Jan 4, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander Lila M. Montalbano, 61, of Huguenot, a registered nurse who enoyed traveling and helping others, died Saturday at home. Born Lila Matsen in Rossville, she moved to Huguenot in 1983. She worked as a registered nurse at Staten Island Heart, retiring in 2011. After graduating from Tottenville High School, Mrs. Montalbano earned a bachelor's...
Esther Paugh
Jan 3, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Esther S. Paugh, 97, of Tottenville and Ocean Grove, N.J., who's family and church were very important to her, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Esther A. Sorensen in Perth Amboy, N.J., she moved to Tottenville as an infant. She and her daughter recently rebuilt their Ocean Grove home after Hurricane Sandy's destruction,...
Anna Schacht
Jan 3, 2014
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Services: St. Leo the Great RC Church Monday, January 6, 2014 10:30AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, January 5, 2014 2-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Leo the Great R.C. Church
Louis Messina
Jan 2, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Staten Islander Louis (John) Messina, 69, of Pleasant Plains, a retired finish carpenter who loved animals, died Thursday in the Addeo Hospice, in Egbertville, after a week's stay. Born in Barberton, Ohio, he was brought to Rosebank as a child and grew up there. He settled in Pleasant Plains in 1989. After graduating from New Dorp...
Dolores Paronich
Dec 31, 2013
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, January 4, 2014 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, January 2, 2014 & Friday, January3, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Augusta Montalbano
Dec 29, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander Augusta (Gussie) Montalbano, 95, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Richmond Valley, she remained there her entire life, in her family's homestead on Murray Street, until she shifted to Rosebank six months ago. Ms. Montalbano was a beloved fixture behind the counter at Montalbano's, the family-owned Italian specialty store...
Rosalie Rodowsky
Dec 29, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Westerleigh resident Rosalie Rodowsky, 87, of Brick, N.J., a retired U.S. Postal Service supervisor, died Dec. 29 at home. Born and raised Rosalie Fanuzzi in Bulls Head, she moved to Westerleigh in 1956 and settled in Brick in 1984. A 1931 graduate of Port Richmond High School, she worked as a post officer supervisor, retiring in...
Michelle Lawler
Dec 23, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Michelle Lawler, 44, of Pleasant Plains, a devoted mother who enjoyed spending time with her son, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Michelle Wiseman in Brooklyn, she was brought to Castleton Corners as a child and settled in Pleasant Plains in 2003. Mrs. Lawler began her career as a nurse at St. Vincent's...
Mary DiBlasi
Dec 19, 2013
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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, December 29,2013 8PM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, December 28, 2013 2-4 & 7-9PM and Sunday, December 29, 2013 7-9PM
Cemetery: Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
