Obituaries

Katherine Damato

Mar 18, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Staten Islander Katherine Damato, 72, a retired office manager, died Sunday in her Annadale home. She was born Katherine Chirchirillo in Brooklyn, where she graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School. Mrs. Damato lived in Brooklyns Canarsie section until relocating to Staten Island in 1969. She lived in several communities and settled...

Nancy Piazza

Mar 16, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lucy N. Piazza, 84, of Pleasant Plains, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born Lucy N. Baudo in Manhattan, she moved with family to Brooklyn as a child. She and her husband, Joseph, owned and operated Cut Rate Dairy in Brooklyn for...

Louis Cretella

Mar 15, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Louis Cretella, 56, of Oakwood, a former self-employed food purveyor, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Cretella moved to New Springville in 1986 before settling in Oakwood in 1992. For the past 30 years, Mr. Cretella worked as a self-employed food purveyor. He was a graduate...

Eric Alverson

Mar 10, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Eric Ryan Alverson, 32, of Prince's Bay, a lifelong Staten Islander whose son was the joy of his life, died Saturday at home. Born in Richmond Valley, he later lived in Tottenville before settling in Prince's Bay about three years ago. A graduate of Tottenville High School, Mr. Alverson worked as a waiter...

John Lopez

Mar 10, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lifelong Staten Islander John P. Lopez, 54, of Charleston, a loving brother and uncle, died Saturday at home. Born in South Beach, he attended Tottenville High School. He settled in Charleston in 1964. Mr. Lopez had been an auto mechanic for 40 years, doing freelance work for various Island cab companies and food...

Michael Carr

Mar 9, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Michael P. Carr, 70, of Pleasant Plains, a U.S. Navy veteran and history buff, died Friday at home. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Pleasant Plains in 1977. He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, and later earned an associate's degree from Brooklyn College. Mr. Carr served in the U.S. Navy from...

Eusebio Spinello

Mar 7, 2012

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Services: St. Clare's RC Church Saturday, March 10,2012 11:00AM

Visitation: Thursday, March 8,2012 & Friday, March 9,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Clare's RC Church

Anna Thayer

Mar 6, 2012

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, March 10,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, March 8,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM & Friday, March 9,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Gilda Irkinas

Mar 4, 2012

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, March 7,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, March 5,2012 7-9PM Tuesday, March 6,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Long Island National Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Dolores Corapi

Mar 2, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Dolores B. Corapi, 83, a retired Board of Education employee who loved to write poetry, died March 2 at the Staten Island Care Center, New Brighton, where she had been a resident for the past four years. Born Dolores Cicchese in Rosebank, she moved to Eltingville in the 1950s. Mrs. Corapi was a...

Helen Zarko

Feb 26, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Helen A. Zarko, 80, of Manchester, N.J., who doted on her grandchildren and was a die-hard Yankee fan, died Sunday in Jersey Shore Medical Center. Born Helen Sisock in Hazel Brook, Pa., she moved to Manhattan in 1953 and settled in Huguenot in 1962. She relocated to Manchester in 2004....

Albert DiGiaro

Feb 23, 2012

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Services: February 28,2012 Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 AM at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church.

Visitation: Friends will be received Monday 2/27/2012 from 2-4/7-9

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Rose Forestier

Feb 20, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Rose Forestier, 88, of Tottenville, a retired seamstress, died Monday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Born in Manhattan, she lived in Brooklyn for most of her life before relocating to Grant City in 1992. She moved to Tottenville several years later to live with her nephew, Alfred Forestier. Mrs. Forestier worked...

Alice Corrado

Feb 13, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island native Alice R. Corrado, 67, of Tottenville, a retired secretary, died Monday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Born Alice Grumo in Castleton Corners, she moved to New Dorp in 1970 and to Tottenville in 1978. She graduated from St. Joseph Hill Academy in Arrochar and the Katharine Gibbs School...

Michael Powers

Feb 10, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Funeral arrangements have been set for Michael Francis Powers, 19, who was killed in an automobile accident on Friday in Forks Township, Pa. Born in Arden Heights, he moved to Tatamy, Pa., in 2002. Mr. Powers graduated from Nazareth (Pa.) Area High School, and had plans to enlist in the National Guard. Mr....

Frances MacDonald

Feb 10, 2012

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Services: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Wednesday, February 15,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, February 14,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Helen Balough

Feb 8, 2012

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Services:

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, february 14,2012 10-12AM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Helena Kosicki

Feb 7, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, February 11,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, February 11,2012 8:30-9:30AM

Cemetery: St. Charles Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

Daniel Obrien

Feb 7, 2012

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Services: Bedell-PizzoFuneral Home Thursday, February 9,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedeell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, February 8,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Dolores Bear

Feb 7, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Port Richmond resident Dolores Bear Maille, 85, the matriarch of three generations of family, died Tuesday in Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners, where she had resided for several years. Born Dolores Bear in Chicago, she was a descendant and enrolled member of the Assiniboine Tribe at Fort Belknap,...