Obituaries

Adele Borrazzo
Aug 7, 2012
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Services: Immediate Cremation
Visitation:
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
George Williams
Aug 3, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- George Williams, 83, a retired insurance broker, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he graduated from Boys High School and moved to Prince's Bay in 1986. Mr. Williams was a self-employed insurance broker at Alcar, located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn for 45 years,...

Warren Schiele
Jul 31, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Staten Islander Warren E. Schiele, 89, of Prince's Bay, a retired math teacher and loving family man, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital South, Prince's Bay. Born in Stapleton, he later moved to Prince's Bay. Mr. Schiele was born in Stapleton and graduated from Tottenville High School. A World War II...
William Widmer
Jul 30, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Staten Islander and retired NYPD officer William J. Widmer, 71, of Pleasant Plains, died Monday at home. Born and raised in Stapleton, Mr. Widmer graduated from St. Peter's Boys High School in New Brighton in 1959 and later settled in Pleasant Plains. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1965 until...
Mary Hurley
Jul 30, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Mary Hurley, 77, of Tottenville, a retired registered nurse affectionately known as Meemah, a name given her by her grandchildren, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Mary Flaherty in Somerville, Mass., she grew up in New England and lived in Vermont, Maine and Connecticut before moving...
Robert Travaglione
Jul 29, 2012
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Services: Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Wednesday, August 1,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, July 31,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C.Church
Arthur Palma
Jul 29, 2012
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, August 1,2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, July 31,2012 2-5 & 7-10PM
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Anthony Rizzo
Jul 19, 2012
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Services: Monday July 23,2012 a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian burial at Mary Queen of Heaven R.C. Church , Old Mill Basin , Brooklyn. Burial at St. John's Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
Visitation: Friends will be received Sunday July 22, 2012 2-4 & 7-9 PM
Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery
Location:...

Tanita Maldonado
Jul 15, 2012
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Services:
Visitation:
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Bernard Cossean Sr
Jul 13, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Bernard V. Cossean Sr., 85, of Tottenville, a World War II veteran and retired city firefighter, died Friday at home. Born in Rossville, he moved to Charleston in 1952 and to Tottenville in 1998. A graduate of Tottenville High School, he joined the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving aboard the USS Hannis Taylor. Mr. Cossean...
Violet Dowling
Jul 4, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Violet M. Dowling, 91, of Huguenot, a retired medical secretary, died Wednesday in the Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Violet M. Douglas in Quebec, Canada, she was brought to Brooklyn as a child and moved to Huguenot in 1992. She graduated from the Secretarial School for Women in...
Kay Gambon
Jul 4, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Island resident Kay Gambon, 85, of Tottenville, died Wednesday at home. Born Kay Knight in Alexandria Bay, N.Y., she attended General Brown Junior/Senior High School, Dexter, N.Y. She also lived in Florida before settling in Tottenville in 1961. In her leisure time, Mrs. Gambon enjoyed painting, cooking, knitting and traveling, especially...
Doreen Guglielmetti
Jun 29, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Doreen E. Guglielmetti, 45, of Midland Beach, a devoted wife and mother whose courage in the face of illness was inspirational, died Friday of cancer in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Doreen Corson in Travis, she graduated from Port Richmond High School. She met her future husband, Paul Guglielmetti, when her...
Bernice Giudice
Jun 23, 2012
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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:30AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2-5 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Calverton National Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church
Ralph Perricone
Jun 20, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Ralph J. Perricone, 86, of Tottenville, a retired government worker who was involved with Little League baseball for 48 years, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Queens, Mr. Perricone was raised at the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Mount Loretto, Pleasant Plains. He served in the U.S. Army...
Mary Kenny
Jun 7, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Staten Islander Mary M. Kenny, 89, of Bangor, Pa., the loving matriarch of four generations, died Thursday in Easton (Pa.) Health and Rehabilitation Center, where she had resided for about six months. Born and raised Mary Stiemel in Manhattan, she moved to Stapleton in 1962 and to Dongan Hills in 1973. She...
Richard Shouldis
Jun 7, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Richard F. Shouldis, 48, of Prince's Bay, an imaging technician who enjoyed being with his family and riding his Harley-Davidson, died Thursday at home. Born in the Bronx, he moved with family first to Long Island, and then to Tottenville when he was 7 years old. He settled in Prince's...

Lena Arabia
Jun 6, 2012
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Brooklyn resident Lena Arabia, 93, of Rossville, died yesterday in Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, where she had been a patient for the past two months. Born in Brooklyn Lena Galdorisi, she moved to Rossville in 2005. A homemaker, she enjoyed cooking and spending time with her family. She especially...

Angelina Barone
Jun 5, 2012
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, June 9,2012 9:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, June 7,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM & Friday, June 8,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: St. Charles Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Olga Glushko
Jun 5, 2012
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Services: St Joseph's RC Church-Rossville Friday, June 8, 2012 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, June 7,2012 7-9PM
Cemetery: St. Joseph's Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville