Obituaries
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
Robert Byrne
Mar 2, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Robert Byrne, 25, of Prince's Bay, a landscape designer who enjoyed fishing and boating, died Saturday at home. Born in Rossville, he moved with family to Charleston when he was 15 years old. He moved to Prince's Bay in 2011. Mr. Byrne graduated from Tottenville High School in 2004. He had worked as a landscape designer for...
Alexander Minko
Mar 1, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Alexander Minko, 94, of Rossville, a retired social worker, died Friday in the Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Minko settled in Rossville 18 years ago. Mr. Minko worked for 22 years as a social worker in Queens for the New York City Department of Social Services. Mr....
Carmela Corrado
Feb 25, 2013
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Services: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville Thursday, February 28,2013 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, February 27,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Long Island National Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville
Howard Burroughs
Feb 24, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Howard (Buzz) Burroughs, 78, of Pleasant Plains, a U.S. Air Force veteran and �retired businessman who loved his family, sports and music, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Eltingville, he attended Tottenville High School. He settled in Pleasant Plains in 1963. Mr. Burroughs served in the Air Force from...
Maria Vacca
Feb 23, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Maria Teresa Vacca, 80, of Prince's Bay, a homemaker who enjoyed holiday gatherings, died Saturday in Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home. Born Maria Teresa Galante in Manhattan, she was brought to Brooklyn as a child and moved to Graniteville in 1977. She also lived in Arden Heights before settling in Prince's Bay in 2007. She...
Pat Scuotto
Feb 23, 2013
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Services: 11:00 AM Mass of Christian burial, on Tuesday February 26, 2013 at Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church. Followed by Burial in Resurrection Cemetery.
Visitation: Friends will be received on Monday February 25, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral...
Salvatore Caravello
Feb 23, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Salvatore J. Caravello, 57, a Richmond Valley resident with a talent for auto mechanics, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Caravello moved to Westerleigh 15 years ago. He settled in Richmond Valley in 2003. Mr. Caravello took apart his first car engine at the age of 12 and realized that...
