Obituaries

Thomas Riley

Mar 31, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Thomas E. Riley, 68, of Annadale, a loving family man who was active in the Knights of Columbus, died yesterday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Grymes Hill in 1970 and to Annadale in 1976. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from...

William Hensch

Mar 31, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - William J. Hensch, 90, of Dongan Hills, a retired NYPD officer and bank loan officer, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Dongan Hills in 1989. Mr. Hensch served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II as a radio operator....

Breda Melendez

Mar 30, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Breda Melendez, 80, a longtime resident of Pleasant Plains who is remembered as a loving mother, died yesterday in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Ocean Breeze. Born Breda Hennebry in Manhattan, she graduated from All Saints High School there. She lived in various neighborhoods throughout New York City before settling in Pleasant...

Anna Campione

Mar 29, 2011

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, April 2,2011-9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, April 1,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

F. Birchard

Mar 28, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - F. Pepper Birchard, 88, an advertising and public relations executive who lived on Staten Island for over a half-century, died Monday at his home in Tottenville. Mr. Birchard was born in Scranton, Pa., and attended Mercersberg Academy and Penn State. He interrupted his college education to serve as a radio operator in the...

Brian Malloy

Mar 28, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brian Malloy, 52, of Tottenville, a retired firefighter and dedicated family man who avidly cheered on the Yankees and Giants, died Monday at home of lung cancer. Born in Manhattan, he moved to Brooklyn with his family before settling in Pleasant Plains. He settled in Tottenville in 1987. Mr. Malloy graduated from Tottenville...

Catherine Taber

Mar 27, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Oakwood resident Catherine Taber, 70, a retired supervisor of housekeeping at Staten Island University Hospital who was an avid New York Yankees fan, died Sunday at Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Catherine Fragano in Great Kills, she graduated from the former St. Louis Academy in Pleasant Plains. She moved to Tottenville...

Margaret Ronconi

Mar 25, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Former Staten Islander Margaret Ronconi, 95, of Whiting, N.J., a loving matriarch and active community member, died Friday in St. Peter's Hospital, Albany. Born in Annadale Margaret Murphy, she lived there for 67 years and was involved in the community. She was a charter member and founder of the Annadale Garden Club; president...

Margaret Palmieri

Mar 19, 2011

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church Thursday, March 24,2011- 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, March 23,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Lois McVicker

Mar 14, 2011

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Services: Memorial Service Friday, April 22,2011-1:00PM St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Visitation:

Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory

Church: St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Gloria Greifenstein

Mar 11, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Gloria Greifenstein, 80, of Concord, died Friday in Sunrise Assisted Living, Concord, where she had been a resident since 2006. Born Gloria Argenzio in Brooklyn, she moved to Eltingville in 1961 and to Manchester, N.J., in 1988. Mrs. Greifenstein worked as a switchboard operator for the New York Bell Company for 10 years,...

Alfred Cipriani

Mar 10, 2011

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, March 14,2011-9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, March 13,2011 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Calverton National Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Robert Ostwald

Mar 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Mr. Ostwald began his business career at the former family-owned Uniforms by Ostwald in New Brighton, a nationally known maker of band uniforms, but struck out on his own, founding Ostwald Industries, a designer and manufacturer of equipment for automated printing presses, located in Great Kills and Annadale. He later became a partner in the printing firm...

Eugene Moody

Mar 8, 2011

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Lifelong Staten Islander Eugene M. Moody, 78, a retired city Sanitation worker, skilled cook, and a descendant of the original settlers of Sandy Ground, the first settlement of freed black slaves in the United States, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Mr. Moody had lived in the same house on...

Dorothy McGonigle

Mar 5, 2011

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Services: Holy Child R.C. Church Wednesday, 03/09/2011-10:45AM

Visitation: Tuesday, 03/08/2011 2-4 & 7-9 PM

Memorials: Contributions to The American Cancer Society

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Holy Child R.C. Church

Harriet Johnson

Feb 22, 2011

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Services:

Visitation: Memorial Vistation Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday 03/26/2011-12:00-1:00PM

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

John MacGrady

Feb 19, 2011

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Services:

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Memorial Visitation Wednesday, March 16,2011- 2-4PM

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Mary McGeehan

Dec 29, 2010

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander Mary W. (Johnny) McGeehan, 95, of Plantation, Fla., a longtime member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Huguenot and a retired secretary, died Dec. 29, 2010, at home. Family photoMary McGeehan, 1993 Born Mary W. Wilson in Wadmalaw Island, S.C., she moved to Charleston, S.C., 25 years later. In 1940, she moved to...

Shirley Beltranie

Jul 28, 2001

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Shirley Beltrani, 90, of Rossville, the loving matriarch of three generations who is remembered for her fun-loving nature and her smile, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised Shirley Struwe in Brooklyn, she lived there until 1992, when she moved to Rossville. Mrs. Beltrani loved being in the...

Marguerite McKee

May 28, 1942

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Services: Mass at Our Lady Help of Christian's at 11:00 AM Wednesday, June 1,2016

Visitation: Tuesday