Obituaries
Philip Maffie
Feb 22, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Philip Maffie, 58, of Rossville, a city Sanitation Department worker and a loving family man, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in St. George, he was a graduate of Curtis High School. Mr. Maffie moved to Graniteville in 1983, to Meiers Corners in 1989, and settled in Rossville in 2003. He...
Nancy Reiss
Feb 21, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Nancy C. Reiss, 70, of Huguenot, a retired bank teller and bookkeeper who enjoyed spending time with family, died Thursday at home. Born Nancy Ambler on Staten Island, she moved to Chula Vista, Calif., for five years during the 1960s and in the late 1960s returned to the Island and settled in Westerleigh....
Nicholas Filimon
Feb 20, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Tottenville resident Nicholas J. Filimon, 86, a retired chemist, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. A graduate of Tottenville High School, he was a member of the school band and was its oldest living member, according to his family. He later earned a degree in chemistry from Wagner College,...
Yolanda D'Angelo
Feb 16, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brooklyn native Yolanda D'Angelo, 88, of Prince's Bay, a retired bookkeeper for her family's catering business, died Saturday at home. Born Yolanda Morici in Brooklyn, she moved to Todt Hill in 1964 before settling in Prince's Bay in 1994. A homemaker, she worked as a head teller at a Chase Bank in Brooklyn...
Florence Milo
Feb 11, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Florence Aversano Amendola Milo, 99, of Pleasant Plains, a retired seamstress and frequent friendship club visitor, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay, following a brief illness. Born one of 11 children in Brooklyn, the former Florence Aversano moved to Queens before settling in Port Richmond in 1985. She moved to Pleasant Plains in 1993....
Erna Fridriksson
Feb 6, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Erna Fridriksson, 76, a Prince's Bay resident who enjoyed spending time with her family, died Wednesday at home. Born Erna Thordarsdottir in Reykjavik, Iceland, she moved to Manhattan in 1958; Brooklyn in 1963; Willowbrook in 1969, and Prince's Bay in the 1980s. A homemaker, she also worked as a seamstress in her youth and then as a...
James Ferraro
Jan 30, 2013
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Services: Rosehill Crematory Monday, February 4, 2013
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, February 3,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Nicholas Bellino
Jan 30, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Nicholas Bellino, 24, of Woodrow, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born on Staten Island, he was raised in Eltingville before moving to Woodrow in 1995. He was educated at the Seton Foundation for Learning, and later graduated from Bishop Ahern High School, Graniteville, and was employed at Lifestyles for the Disabled, Willowbrook. Mr....
Francis Nagrowski
Jan 26, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Francis Nagrowski, 69, formerly of Annadale, died Saturday in St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem Pa. Born in Brooklyn's Park Slope section, he attended John Jay High School in the borough. In 1990, he and his wife, the former Carol Kearns, moved across the Narrows. In 2004, the couple relocated to Forks Township, in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region. Mr....
Marion Sarcone
Jan 25, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Marion R. Sarcone, 66, of Tottenville, a former representative with the Department of Motor Vehicles, died Friday at home. Born Marion Aguiar in Newark, she lived in Brooklyn as a teenager, eventually settling in Tottenville in 1982. Mrs. Sarcone had a 20-year career with the Department of Motor Vehicles, retiring in 2005. She was also a CCD...
James Cameron
Jan 23, 2013
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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, January 26,2013 10:30AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, January 25,2013 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church
Alfred Scala
Jan 23, 2013
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Services: Immediate Cremation
Visitation:
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Amelia Newborn
Jan 23, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Amelia Potenza-Newborn, 76, of Huguenot, a retired certified nursing assistant, died Wednesday in the Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Amelia Caso in Salerno, Italy, she arrived in the United States in 1956 aboard the Andrea Doria with her brother after a flood devastated her hometown, killing her parents and another brother....
Ruth Nappi
Jan 20, 2013
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Services: Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 AM on Wednesday January 23 , 2013 at Our Lady Help of Christian's R. C. Church. Burial to follow at St Charles Cemetery.
Visitation: Friends will be received on Tuesday January 22 , 2013 from 6-9 PM ONLY.
Cemetery: St. Charles Cemetery
Location:...
Vincent Nichilo
Jan 18, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Remembered as a loving grandfather, Vincent Nichilo, 68, a longtime resident of Great Kills, died Friday at his home in Huguenot. He was born and raised in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, and moved to Staten Island in 1976, settling in Great Kills. He moved to Huguenot in 1998. Mr. Nichilo owned...
Joan Yandoli
Jan 18, 2013
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Services: Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday January 22,2013 at 10:00 AM , at Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church. Burial to follow at Resurrection Cemetery.
Visitation: Friends will be received on Sunday January 20,2013 7-9 PM ONLY & Monday January 21, 2013 from 2-4& 7-9 PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery...
Alexa Russo
Jan 12, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Alexa Rose Russo, whose sparkling eyes and wide smile lit up a room, died Saturday in her Annadale home. She was 7 years old. Alexa Rose was a special needs child who was born with a rare genetic disorder that didn't have a definitive diagnosis, but affected the strength in her trunk and legs. The developmental disorder...
Maria Mandara
Jan 9, 2013
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Services: Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Saturday, January 12,2013 8:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, January 11,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C.Church
Richard Wolczanski
Jan 9, 2013
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Richard A. Wolczanski, 41, a caring and helpful Tottenville resident, died Wednesday in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold, N.J. Born on Staten Island, Mr. Wolczanski lived in Tottenville, and briefly relocated to upstate New Paltz for two years in the early 1990s before returning to Tottenville. He worked for various construction companies in New York and New Jersey....
Jerrold Jennings
Jan 4, 2013
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Services: A 10:00 Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday January 7 , 2013 at Our Lady Help Of Christian's R. C. Church. Cremation will follow at Rosehill Crematory,Linden NJ.
Visitation: Friends will be received Sunday, January 6,2013 1-4 PM Only
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral...

