Obituaries

Robert Mandry

Aug 16, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Robert A. Mandry, 70, of Prince's Bay, a retired Con Edison supervisor and hot rod enthusiast, died Thursday at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Mandry graduated from the Westinghouse Trade School in Brooklyn. He moved to Prince's Bay in 1991. He worked for Consolidated Edison for 38 years,...

Thomas Vermaelen

Aug 14, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Staten Islander Thomas Vermaelen of Drums, Pa., a salesman in the steel industry, died Tuesday in the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., of cancer. His age was 71. Born in Manhattan, he was reared in Great Kills and West Brighton. He relocated to Pennsylvania in 1996. He graduated from St....

Paulette Brown

Aug 12, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Tottenville resident Paulette Brown, 69, a retired nurse who loved browsing at yard sales, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay, of a stroke. Born in Manhattan in 1943, the former Paulette Maher relocated as a teenager to Tottenville, where she remained for the rest of her life. Mrs. Brown worked as a licensed practical...

Margaret Balzi

Aug 8, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Margaret Balzi, 82, of Dongan Hills, a former insurance agent, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Margaret Britlan in Fall River, Mass., she moved to Staten Island in 1936, settling in Stapleton. She graduated from McKee High School and moved to Dongan Hills in 1954. She...

Nancy DiMartino

Aug 7, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Former Staten Islander Nancy DeMartino, 67, of The Villages, Fla., a retired executive secretary, died Tuesday at home. Born Nancy Hricewhich in Brooklyn, she also lived in Peekskill, N.Y., before returning to Brooklyn. She lived in Bay Terrace and Prince's Bay before moving to Florida. Mrs. DeMartino worked as an executive secretary for...

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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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...