Obituaries
Louis Cretella
Mar 15, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Louis Cretella, 56, of Oakwood, a former self-employed food purveyor, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Cretella moved to New Springville in 1986 before settling in Oakwood in 1992. For the past 30 years, Mr. Cretella worked as a self-employed food purveyor. He was a graduate...
John Lopez
Mar 10, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lifelong Staten Islander John P. Lopez, 54, of Charleston, a loving brother and uncle, died Saturday at home. Born in South Beach, he attended Tottenville High School. He settled in Charleston in 1964. Mr. Lopez had been an auto mechanic for 40 years, doing freelance work for various Island cab companies and food...
Eric Alverson
Mar 10, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Eric Ryan Alverson, 32, of Prince's Bay, a lifelong Staten Islander whose son was the joy of his life, died Saturday at home. Born in Richmond Valley, he later lived in Tottenville before settling in Prince's Bay about three years ago. A graduate of Tottenville High School, Mr. Alverson worked as a waiter...
Michael Carr
Mar 9, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Michael P. Carr, 70, of Pleasant Plains, a U.S. Navy veteran and history buff, died Friday at home. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Pleasant Plains in 1977. He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, and later earned an associate's degree from Brooklyn College. Mr. Carr served in the U.S. Navy from...
Eusebio Spinello
Mar 7, 2012
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Services: St. Clare's RC Church Saturday, March 10,2012 11:00AM
Visitation: Thursday, March 8,2012 & Friday, March 9,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Clare's RC Church
Anna Thayer
Mar 6, 2012
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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, March 10,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, March 8,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM & Friday, March 9,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church
Gilda Irkinas
Mar 4, 2012
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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, March 7,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, March 5,2012 7-9PM Tuesday, March 6,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Long Island National Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Dolores Corapi
Mar 2, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Dolores B. Corapi, 83, a retired Board of Education employee who loved to write poetry, died March 2 at the Staten Island Care Center, New Brighton, where she had been a resident for the past four years. Born Dolores Cicchese in Rosebank, she moved to Eltingville in the 1950s. Mrs. Corapi was a...
Helen Zarko
Feb 26, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Helen A. Zarko, 80, of Manchester, N.J., who doted on her grandchildren and was a die-hard Yankee fan, died Sunday in Jersey Shore Medical Center. Born Helen Sisock in Hazel Brook, Pa., she moved to Manhattan in 1953 and settled in Huguenot in 1962. She relocated to Manchester in 2004....
Albert DiGiaro
Feb 23, 2012
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Services: February 28,2012 Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 AM at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church.
Visitation: Friends will be received Monday 2/27/2012 from 2-4/7-9
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church
Rose Forestier
Feb 20, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rose Forestier, 88, of Tottenville, a retired seamstress, died Monday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Born in Manhattan, she lived in Brooklyn for most of her life before relocating to Grant City in 1992. She moved to Tottenville several years later to live with her nephew, Alfred Forestier. Mrs. Forestier worked...
Alice Corrado
Feb 13, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island native Alice R. Corrado, 67, of Tottenville, a retired secretary, died Monday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Born Alice Grumo in Castleton Corners, she moved to New Dorp in 1970 and to Tottenville in 1978. She graduated from St. Joseph Hill Academy in Arrochar and the Katharine Gibbs School...
Frances MacDonald
Feb 10, 2012
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Services: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Wednesday, February 15,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, February 14,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Michael Powers
Feb 10, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Funeral arrangements have been set for Michael Francis Powers, 19, who was killed in an automobile accident on Friday in Forks Township, Pa. Born in Arden Heights, he moved to Tatamy, Pa., in 2002. Mr. Powers graduated from Nazareth (Pa.) Area High School, and had plans to enlist in the National Guard. Mr....
Helen Balough
Feb 8, 2012
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Services:
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, february 14,2012 10-12AM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Helena Kosicki
Feb 7, 2012
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, February 11,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, February 11,2012 8:30-9:30AM
Cemetery: St. Charles Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Angelina Palazzo
Feb 7, 2012
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Friday, February 10,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, February 9,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Pinelawn Memorial Park
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Daniel Obrien
Feb 7, 2012
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Services: Bedell-PizzoFuneral Home Thursday, February 9,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedeell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, February 8,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Dolores Bear
Feb 7, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Port Richmond resident Dolores Bear Maille, 85, the matriarch of three generations of family, died Tuesday in Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners, where she had resided for several years. Born Dolores Bear in Chicago, she was a descendant and enrolled member of the Assiniboine Tribe at Fort Belknap,...
Robert Gregory
Jan 31, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Robert J. Gregory, 82, a U.S. Navy veteran and devoted husband and father, died Tuesday in Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home. Born in Port Said, Egypt, Mr. Gregory moved to Brooklyn in 1929 where he attended a technical high school before serving in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1950. He...
