Obituaries

Joan Knesel

Mar 19, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Joan Knesel, 83, of Annadale, a homemaker who will be remembered as sweet, down to earth and devoted to her family, died Thursday in Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners, where she resided since 2012. Born Joan Backlund, she was a lifelong Annadale resident. She graduated from Tottenville High School. She...

Doris Bracco

Mar 14, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Doris Bracco, 93, of Rossville, a devoted mother and grandmother who is remembered as caring and selfless, died Saturday in Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Center, Meiers Corners. Born Doris Martellaro in Auburn, N.Y., she graduated from Auburn High School. She was working in a shoe factory in Auburn when she met Vincent Bracco at a dance...

Nancy Ford

Mar 10, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Nancy Ford, 58, of Rosebank, a waitress whose life revolved around her family, died Tuesday at home. The lifelong Staten Islander was born Nancy Jacobsen and lived in Tottenville before settling in Rosebank in the early 1990s. She worked for 12 years as a waitress at the Richmond County Country Club. Mrs. Ford enjoyed cooking and gardening....

Giuseppa Geloso

Mar 10, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Giuseppa Geloso, 76, of Tottenville, a retired seamstress who will be remembered for her generosity and selflessness, died Tuesday in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan. Born Giuseppa Basile in Carini, Italy, she immigrated to the United States in 1968, moving to Brooklyn. She settled in Tottenville in 2004. Mrs. Geloso worked as seamstress, until retiring in...

Dennis Butler

Mar 6, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Dennis Butler, 62, of Prince's Bay, a former restaurant owner and retired bus driver who loved boats and the water, died Friday at home. Born and raised in Tottenville, he graduated from Tottenville High School. Mr. Butler settled in Prince's Bay 20 years ago. He had owned the former Butler's Restaurant and Bar in Rossville for 20...

Mary Dyer

Mar 4, 2015

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, March 9, 2015 12:00PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Monday, March 9, 2015 10:00AM-12:00PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Antoinette Moretti

Mar 2, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Antoinette Moretti, 91, of Huguenot, a homemaker who will be remembered as a wonderful baker and cook, died Monday at home. Born and raised Antoinette Scida in Brooklyn, she moved to Huguenot in 1999. Mrs. Moretti had many talents and skills. She was a master baker, and her family loved her wonderful desserts, including cannolis, cream puffs...

Ellen Galligano

Mar 2, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Ellen M. Galligano, 64, of Tottenville, a dedicated teacher, mother and grandmother who will be remembered for her wonderful wit and sense of humor, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Ellen Donoghue in Manhattan, she graduated from St. Vincent Ferrer High School there. She relocated to Queens in 1975 and settled in Tottenville...

Edna Schroeder

Mar 2, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Edna D. Schroeder, 89, a former legal secretary who was interested in her family history, died Monday in Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, where she had resided since 2014. Born Edna D. Helt in Grasmere, she graduated from New Dorp High School. After she and Robert Schroeder wed in 1949, the couple...

Thomas D'Antonio

Mar 1, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Tottenville resident Thomas D'Antonio, 60, of Matawan, N.J., a business owner and former bartender who enjoyed coaching Little League, died Sunday at home. Mr. D'Antonio was born in Brooklyn. He moved with his family to New Dorp as a child and graduated from New Dorp High School. He moved to Tottenville in 1996 and lived there...

Anthony Garin

Feb 28, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Oakwood resident Anthony Garin, 85, a retired pharmaceutical employee who was devoted to his family, died Saturday in Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville. Mr. Garin was born in Palmerton, Pa., and grew up in Brooklyn, where he graduated from Lafayette High School. In 1963, he moved to Oakwood and lived there until 2010 when...

Angela Carletto

Feb 24, 2015

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Friday, February 27, 2015 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, February 26, 2015 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Mary Post

Feb 24, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Mary L. Post, 81, of Tottenville, a retired clerk who enjoyed socializing and will be remembered as an optimist, died Tuesday in Addeo House Hospice, Egbertville. Born Mary Lagille in Prince's Bay, she lived there until 1992, when she moved to Tamarac, Florida. In 2005, she returned to the Island, moving to Tottenville. A graduate of the...

Francesco DiPalma

Feb 24, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Francesco DiPalma, 93, of Eltingville, a retired machinist who was an avid sports fan, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born in Fair Lawn, N.J., he was raised in Brooklyn. He settled in Eltingville more than 30 years ago. Mr. DiPalma was a machinist in the composing department of the New York Daily News...

Dorothy Bridge

Feb 22, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Dorothy Bridge, 100, of Tottenville, a former business owner and member of the Order of the Eastern Star, died Sunday in Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville. Born Dorothy Kalb in Manhattan, she moved to Rossville with her family when she was an infant, and later to Tottenville, where she attended Tottenville High School and lived...

Raymond Ebro

Feb 22, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Raymond Ebro, 91, of Tottenville, a World War II veteran, retired U.S. Customs agent, security officer and family man, died Sunday at home. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Tottenville in 2000. A World War II veteran, Mr. Ebro served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. A rifleman in the 11th Armored Division,...

Eugene Urbanczyk

Feb 17, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Eugene (Gene) Urbanczyk, 78, of Prince's Bay, a retired security guard who was very active in his church and loved traveling the world, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. The lifelong Staten Islander was born in Elm Park and moved with family to Tottenville when he was about 3 years old. He settled in...

Frank Cassella

Feb 16, 2015

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, February 24, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Phyllis Buccafusco

Feb 16, 2015

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Friday, February 20, 2015 10:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7-9 & Thursday, February 19, 2015 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Olympia Trocciola

Feb 13, 2015

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Annadale resident Olympia Theresa Trocciola, 93, a homemaker who will be remembered as strong willed and warm hearted, died Friday in Addeo House, Egbertville. She was born Olympia Theresa Masino in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. In 1970, she settled in Annadale. Mrs. Trocciola worked as a ladies accessories finisher in...