Obituaries

Ernest Ripley
Sep 21, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y - Native Staten Islander Ernest S. Ripley, 91, of Linden, N.J., the loving patriarch of three generations, died yesterday in Little Brook Nursing Home, Califon, N.J. Born in New Brighton, he graduated from McKee High School. Mr. Ripley later lived in West Brighton and Port Richmond before relocating to Linden in 1982. He served...

George Cruz
Sep 21, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d
Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Monday, September 26,2011 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, September 25,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Giovanni Titoni
Sep 21, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d
Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, September 25,2011 8:00PM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, September 25,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Madalyn Castelucci
Sep 20, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Madalyn T. Castelucci, 64, a retired legal secretary, died yesterday in her home in Huguenot. Born in Rosebank, she settled to Huguenot in 1977. Ms. Castelucci worked as a legal secretary for various law firms, including working for two private lawyers on the Island. She completed her career working for...

Frederick Maratta
Sep 19, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brooklyn native Frederick R. Maratta, 62, a retired state Parks Department worker and veteran of the Vietnam War, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Huguenot in 1968 and settled in Tottenville about five years ago. A graduate of New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn,...

John Bronski
Sep 18, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - John Bronski, 86, of Tottenville, a former New York City Transit conductor and World War II veteran, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Manhattan, Mr. Bronski served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. Upon his return home, he began a...
Bernard Brady
Sep 17, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Bernard Hugh Brady, 76, a former Staten Islander and retired lineman, died Saturday in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Born in Kingston, Pa., he moved to Prince's Bay in the 1940s and to Tottenville in 1961. He settled in Parlin, N.J., about six years ago. A graduate of St. Mary's High School...
James Edgeworth
Sep 15, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d
Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Chursh Tuesday, September 21,2011 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, September 19,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Thomas Scotti
Sep 15, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Thomas J. Scotti, 60, of Monroe, N.J., a business owner and loving family man, died yesterday in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from James Madison High School. He moved to Rossville in 1987 and relocated to Monroe about two months ago. Mr. Scotti owned numerous...
Douglas LaLima
Sep 14, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Douglas LaLima, 37, of Tottenville, who is remembered as a loving family man and a great friend of many, died Wednesday in Brooklyn, in an electrical accident. Born and raised in Marine Park, Brooklyn, he graduated from James Madison High School. He moved to Rossville in 1997, and settled in Tottenville in 2001....

Alessandro Guarnera
Sep 10, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Alessandro Guarnera, 57, of Annadale, a musician and native of Italy, died Saturday at home of cancer. Born in Palermo, Italy, he moved to New Springville in 1989 and to Annadale in 1998. A musician, he was the founder of the family band, "The M.G.M. Guarnera Brothers." The band has been playing at venues throughout the tri-state...

Mark Olsen
Sep 9, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Mark Olsen, 56, a lifelong Staten Islander, died Friday at the Silver Lake Specialized Care Center, Brighton Heights. Born in Eltingville, Mr. Olsen graduated from Tottenville High School. He received an associate's degree from the College of Staten Island and worked as a carpenter until his retirement in 2009. He also worked as a mechanic, rebuilding the...
George Perretti
Sep 6, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Annadale resident George Perretti, 55, who cherished his family and friends above all, died Tuesday in NYU Downtown Hospital, Manhattan. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from Lafayette High School. He moved to Annadale 30 years ago. Mr. Perretti earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the College of Staten Island, Willowbrook....
Linda Fernandez
Sep 3, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d
Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Blessing 3:00PM
Visitation: Memorial Visitation Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, October 1,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Bertha Eagle
Sep 2, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Bertha Eagle, 85, a lifelong Tottenville resident and retired child care aide who loved animals and the outdoors, died Friday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Born Bertha Anderson, she was a graduate of Tottenville High School and worked as a child care aide at the Mission of Immaculate Virgin at Mount...
Ferdinand Setaro
Sep 2, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Ferdinand J. Setaro, 78, of Haddonfield, N.J., a retired consultant, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in New Brighton, Mr. Setaro later moved to Westerleigh and settled in Haddonfield in 1981. Mr. Setaro worked for 45 years as a consultant, owning his own company for 23...
Thomas Siblo
Sep 1, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brooklyn native Thomas A. Siblo, 88, of Great Kills, died Thursday, at the Staten Island University Hospital South, Princes Bay. Born in Brooklyn, he graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and moved to Great Kills in 1995. He worked as a yard master for the New York City Transit Authority for 28 years,...

Angelina Caporale
Aug 31, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d
Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, September 3,2011 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, September 2,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: St. Peter's Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Alfonzo Frangello
Aug 29, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Remembered for decades of volunteer work on behalf of veterans, Alfonzo Frangello, 88, died Monday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Brooklyn. He was born in Brooklyn, grew up in Coney Island, and attended Lincoln High School. He lived most of his life in Sheepshead Bay, and moved to Arden Heights in 2005....

Laura Koser
Aug 22, 2011
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d
Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, August 26,2011 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:00-9:00PM
Cemetery: Mount Lebanon Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home