Obituaries
Rufino Lopez
May 23, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Rufino Lopez, 88, of Rossville, a retired MTA transit maintenance worker and the loving patriarch of four generations, died Friday at home. Mr. Lopez was born and raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He moved to Brooklyn in 1941. He served in the Merchant Marine. Mr. Lopez was a maintenance worker for 25 years for MTA. After his...

Achilles Sacchi
May 16, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, May 21, 2014 10:00
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, May 20, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Rosehill Crematory
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Lewis Falco
May 16, 2014
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Services: A 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday May 20, 2014 at Our Lady Help of Christin'S R.C. Church. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery
Visitation: Friends will be received on Sunday May 18 ,2014 and Monday May 19 ,2014 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery...
Lorraine Meys
May 13, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lorraine M. Meys, 51, of Huguenot, a school aide and a loving wife and mother, died Tuesday in New York Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, after a brief illness. Born and raised Lorraine M. Lozito in Brooklyn, she graduated from Fontbonne Hall Academy in her native borough. Mrs. Meys earned a bachelor's degree in marketing at Pace University, Manhattan....

Patrick Agoglia
May 12, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Saturday, May 17, 2014 9:30AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, May 16, 2014 2-5 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Holmdel Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church
Elyse Lopez
May 11, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Elyse Marie Lopez, 28, a direct care supervisor who is remembered as a loving mother, died Sunday in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton. Born in Grasmere, she grew up in Woodrow. In 2013, she relocated to Bluffton, S.C. She graduated from the former St. Peter's Girls High School, New Brighton. Ms. Lopez worked as a medical...
John Krane
May 9, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Staten Islander John Krane, 65, of Huguenot, a retired draftsman who was dedicated to his family, died Friday at home. Mr. Krane was born and raised in Brooklyn. He moved to Willowbrook in 1978 and settled in Huguenot in 1984. He had a 35-year career as a draftsman for the former Brooklyn Union Gas Co. and...
Eleanor Sinski
May 6, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Eleanor C. Sinski, 95, of Great Kills, a homemaker and former business owner and the loving matriarch of three generations of family, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Eleanor C. Zuppe in Manhattan, she graduated from Haaren High School and attended secretarial school there. After she and Andrew S. Sinski wed in 1946,...
Reberta Matsen
May 5, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Staten Islander Reberta E. Matsen, 84, of Rossville, a homemaker who was �devoted to her family, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born and raised in Travis, she graduated from Tottenville High School.Mrs. Matsen also lived in Pleasant Plains before settling in Rossville in 1946. She loved to travel and had visited Aruba,...
Barry Danforth
May 4, 2014
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Services: St. Paul's UM Church Thursday, May 8, 2014 11:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Anthony Dasaro
May 4, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Church Thursday, May 8, 2014 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C.Church
Robert Stewart, Sr
May 4, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Robert M. Stewart Sr., 74, of Huguenot, a retired mechanic and business owner � �who enjoyed racing his stock car as a young man and watching NASCAR racing, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. The lifelong Staten Islander was born in Eltingville, then lived most of his life in Huguenot. He attended Tottenville High...

Susan O'Neill
May 2, 2014
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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Tuesday, May 6, 2014 10:00AM
Visitation:
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: Our Lady Help of Christians R.C.Church

William Moffitt
May 1, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d William L. Moffitt, 74, of Castleton Corners, a retired truck driver who was a loving family man, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Graniteville in 1989, and lived there for 11 years. He then moved to New Dorp and lived there, before entering Clove Lakes Health...
Vincenza Avena
Apr 30, 2014
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Services: St. Joseph's RC Church Saturday, May 3, 2014 10:00AM
Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, May 2, 2014 3-5 & 7-9PM
Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Joseph's RC Church-Rossville
Frances Alfonso
Apr 29, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Frances Alfonso, 88, of Prince's Bay, a devoted homemaker who enjoyed �being with her family, especially her grandsons and great-grandson, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Frances Cusumano in St. Louis, Mo., she moved to Brooklyn with family when she was a child and lived there until 20 years ago, when she settled...
Lawrence Jensen
Apr 28, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lawrence P. Jensen, 77, of Richmond Valley, a retired NYPD detective, who was devoted to his family, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Mr. Jensen was born and raised in Prince's Bay. After marrying the former Patricia Garrity, the couple lived in Tottenville. In 1965, they settled in Richmond Valley. Mr. Jensen graduated from...
Leonard Caruselle
Apr 28, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Tompkinsville native Leonard J. Caruselle, 85, the retired owner of a Port Richmond car dealership and the loving patriarch of three generations of family, died Sunday at his home in Whiting, N.J. Mr. Caruselle could trace his Staten Island roots back to 1880. He was the 12th of 13 children and lived almost all his life in...
Richard Merone
Apr 24, 2014
fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Richard Merone, 67, of Bulls Head, a retired Sanitation foreman and a veteran who enjoyed watching sports, died April 24 in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Brooklyn and a graduate of Lafayette High School in his native borough, Mr. Merone settled in Bulls Head in 2006. He served in the U.S. Navy...

Michael Sperrazzo
Apr 23, 2014
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Services: Memorial Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, April 26, 2014 10:30AM
Visitation:
Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private
Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home
Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church