Obituaries

Angelina Palazzo

Feb 7, 2012

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

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

Cemetery: Pinelawn Memorial Park

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Robert Gregory

Jan 31, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Robert J. Gregory, 82, a U.S. Navy veteran and devoted husband and father, died Tuesday in Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home. Born in Port Said, Egypt, Mr. Gregory moved to Brooklyn in 1929 where he attended a technical high school before serving in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1950. He...

Josephine O'Rourke

Jan 30, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Josephine O'Rourke, 101, of Lakewood N.J., a longtime Greenridge homemaker renowned for her skills in the kitchen, died Monday in Ocean Medical Center, Brick, N.J. Born Josephine Scimeca in Manhattan, Mrs. O'Rourke moved to Staten Island in 1914, settling Greenridge. She moved to New Jersey eight years ago. A homemaker, she liked to...

Joseph Affatato

Jan 30, 2012

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Thursday, February 2,2012 10:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, February 1,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Joseph Calderone

Jan 26, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Joseph J. Calderone, 91, of Prince's Bay, a loving family man who doted on his grandchildren, died Thursday in Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, in Castleton Corners Born in Brooklyn, he lived most of his life there, until moving to Prince's Bay in 1995. Mr. Calderone was a longtime construction worker,...

John Capodanno

Jan 22, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander John S. Capodanno, 79, a retired textile industry manager, died Sunday in the Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Pembroke Pines, Fla. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Capodanno moved to Annadale in 1978. He also lived in Greensboro, N.C., before settling in Pembroke Pines in 1996. He worked as a manager in the textile...

Madeline Reed

Jan 21, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Madeline C. Reed, 87, a retired Metropolitan Life Insurance Company clerk, died on Saturday in Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J. Born Madeline Foley in Manhattan, Mrs. Reed moved to West Brighton in 1950. She moved to Prince's Bay in 1957 and in 2000 she moved to Middletown, N.J. After nine years...

Joseph Brady

Jan 21, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Joseph Brady, 85, of Tottenville, a retired city Sanitation Department worker, died yesterday at home. Born in Richmond Valley, he moved to Tottenville about 10 years ago. A graduate of McKee High School, he worked for city Department of Sanitation at the Fresh Kills landfill for 23 years. He retired in the early...

Suzan Molinaro

Jan 17, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Monday, January 23,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturdday, January 21,2012 7-9PM & Sunday, January 22,2012 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Dr. Norman Brown

Jan 17, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Longtime Arden Heights resident Dr. Norman G. Brown, 82, a loving family man and a retired dentist who loved basketball, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Manhattan, he grew up in the Bronx. He settled in Arden Heights in 1974. Dr. Brown earned his bachelor of science degree...

Carol Araneda

Jan 13, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Carol Araneda, 73, of Meiers Corners, died Friday at the Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners. Born Carol Roberti in Canarsie, Brooklyn, she moved to Rossville in 1995, and to Toms River, N.J., in 2001 before moving back to the Island to Meiers Corners a year-and-a-half ago. A homemaker, she...

Frances Carbone

Jan 12, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Frances Carbone, 83, of Huguenot, a retired executive secretary who enjoyed cooking, traveling and being around people, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Frances Fatuzzo in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, she remained in the community until 2005, when she settled with her husband in Huguenot. She worked for 25 years as...

Alfina Jones

Jan 10, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Native Staten Islander Alfina Joyce Jones, 66, of Tottenville, a homemaker, died yesterday at home. Born Alfina Lapcevic in New Dorp Beach, she moved to Liverpool, N.Y., in 1975. In 1976, she returned to the Island and settled in Tottenville. A homemaker, Mrs. Jones worked as a model for several years at Macy's...

Sonny Leon

Jan 8, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Leon (Sonny) Lucchesi, 78, of Pleasant Plains, a retired firefighter and father of three, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in the Bronx, he moved to downtown Manhattan when he 13 years old, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the former...

Doris Winters

Jan 5, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Doris Winters, 81, a resident of Clove Lakes Heath Care and Rehabilitation Center, Castleton Corners, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Eltingville, Ms. Winters lived in a number of communities throughout Staten Island, including Great Kills, Travis, New Brighton, Midland Beach and Sea View. The last...

Rosemary Viso

Jan 5, 2012

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Monday, January 9,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, January 8,2011 2-5 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Manuel Tirado

Jan 4, 2012

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Services: St. Joseph's RC Church Monday, January 9,2012 10:00AM

Visitation: Saturday, January 7,2012 & Sunday, January 8,2012 2-4, & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Theresa Catalano

Jan 2, 2012

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Theresa Catalano, 92, of Tottenville, the loving matriarch of three generations, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. She was born Theresa Inga in Newark. She moved to Seaside, N.J., in 1990, and settled in Tottenville in 1995. Mrs. Catalano retired from the Woodbridge Township School District in New Jersey,...

Philip Gebbia

Dec 31, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Philip J. Gebbia, 66, of Cape Coral, Fla., a retired printer and business owner, died Dec. 31 in Sunrise Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to New Springville in 1980 and to Prince's Bay in 1988. He relocated to Cape Coral in 2010. A...

Frances Cupo)

Dec 30, 2011

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Services: Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 AM on Tuesday January 3, 2012 at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church

Visitation: Monday January 2,2012 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM. at Bedell-Pizzo Funeral home

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church...