Obituaries

Emma Lucanto

Mar 25, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Emma Lucanto, 76, of Tottenville, a homemaker who loved spending time with her family, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Emma Bilotti in Strongoli, Italy, Mrs. Lucanto immigrated to Brooklyn in 1963, before relocating to Tottenville in 2006. A homemaker, she enjoyed gardening, sewing, and visiting historic homes with her daughter-in-law, Susan Lucanto....

Eleanor Castellano

Mar 18, 2014

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Services: Holy Rosary RC Church Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:30AM

Visitation: Virginia Funeral Home 1707 Hylan Blvd. 10305 Friday, March 21, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Moravian Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Holy Rosary RC Church

Santo Galluzzo

Mar 18, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Santo Galluzzo, 69, a retired barbershop owner, died Tuesday in New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan. He was born and raised in Sciacca, Sicily, and immigrated to Manhattan in 1962. He relocated to New Springville in 1973. Mr. Galluzzo owned Two Brothers Barber Shop in Brooklyn for more than 48 years. He worked there until the time of his...

Shirley Dzwonkowski

Mar 17, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Longtime Tottenville resident Shirley May Dzwonkowski, 86, a devoted matriarch to three generations of family, died Monday at her home, following a long illness. Born Shirley May Davey in Newark, she lived in New Brighton for a short time before moving to Tottenville 62 years ago. A homemaker, Mrs. Dzwonkowski truly enjoyed her children and grandchildren, according...

Lucia Ariaudo

Mar 15, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lucia Ariaudo, 93, a native of Italy and an accomplished seamstress who was devoted to her faith, died Saturday in her Annadale home. Born Lucia Spinelli in Nocera Inferiore, Italy, Mrs. Ariaudo immigrated to Hoboken, N.J., in 1957. She also lived in Brooklyn, before moving to Rossville in 1996. She had lived in Annadale for the past...

Elsie Brzezinski

Mar 10, 2014

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: St. Thomas The Apostle RC Church

Pasquale Capuano

Mar 9, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Pasquale Capuano, 44, of Huguenot, a retired NYPD lieutenant, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Capuano moved to Huguenot in 2008. Mr. Capuano worked as a city police officer, in Brooklyn, rising to the rank of lieutenant. He retired in 2010. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends....

Joan Abbruzzese

Mar 8, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Joan Abbruzzese, 74, formerly of Tottenville, a retired executive secretary, died March 8 at her home in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Born Joan Alvino and raised in Tottenville, she graduated from Tottenville High School. Mrs. Abbruzzese worked as an executive secretary for 20 years at Merrill Lynch in Manhattan. She retired in 1989 and relocated to Myrtle Beach...

Joseph Russo

Mar 8, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Joseph Russo, 70, of Silver Lake, a well-known business owner and a devoted father and grandfather, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, of pancreatic cancer. The youngest of six children, he was born and raised in Spinoso, outside of Naples, Italy, where he went to school to be a mechanic. He was a teenager...

Olga Dasaro

Mar 7, 2014

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Services: A 10:00 AM Mass of christian burail on Monday March 10,2104 at Our Lady Help fo Christian R.C. Church. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery

Visitation: No Visitation

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Irene Taranto

Mar 3, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Irene Taranto, 83, a native Staten Islander who grew up in England but returned to the Island to help her family after a great loss, died Monday at her Tottenville home, after a long illness and complications of Parkinson's disease. Born Irene Oribin in Mariners Harbor, she moved to England as a girl in 1933, but returned...

John Longo

Feb 20, 2014

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Services: Funeral Mass at St. Anthony's of Padua RC Church Monday, February 24, 2014 10:00AM _________________________________________________ Memorial Mass on March 22, 2014 at St. Cyrils RC Church, Deerpark, L.I. at 10:15AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, February 23, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Holy Rood Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral...

Vito Demetrio

Feb 19, 2014

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Services: St. Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, February 22, 2014 9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Thursday, February 20, 2014 7-9PM & Friday, February 21,2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions to St Jude Childrens Hospital would be appreciated.

Cemetery: Ocean View Cemetery

Location:...

Valerie Lavin

Feb 18, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Valerie H.Lavin, 97, a longtime Prince's Bay resident whose passions were her family, her faith and gardening, died Tuesday in Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she had resided for almost four years. Born Valerie Helen Koliski in Somerset, Pa., she moved to Manhattan in 1939. She met Thomas Lavin on her lunch break...

Priscilla Canada

Feb 14, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Priscilla H. Canada, 96, a former A&P employee and a caring mother who lived in Tottenville for most of her life, died Friday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. The lifelong Staten Islander was born Priscilla Vilmanski in Rossville. After she and George Canada wed, they moved to Tottenville in the early 1940s. Mrs. Canada, known...

Shirley Blauth

Feb 12, 2014

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Services: Service at Bethel UM Church at a later date

Visitation:

Cemetery: Cremation Will Be Private

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bethel United Methodist Church

Patsy Petito

Feb 10, 2014

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Services: Our Lady Help of Christian's RC Church Wednesday, February 12, 2014 10:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2-4 & 7-9PM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

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

Ferdinand Pisapia

Feb 5, 2014

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Services: St Thomas the Apostle RC Church Saturday, February 8,2014 9:30AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, February 7, 2014 2-5 & 7-9PM

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions th the Ryan Pisapia Memorial Fund 242 Main Street S.I., N.Y. 10307, would be appreciated.

Cemetery: The Greenwood Cemetery

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Christopher Cirillo

Feb 3, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Christopher F. (Butchie) Cirillo, 64, of Rossville, a decorated U.S. Army veteran who was disabled during the Vietnam War, died Monday in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, he grew up there and graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School,where he played saxophone in the band and was an excellent baseball and football player. Mr....

Joseph Baffi

Feb 3, 2014

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Joseph Baffi, 97, of Richmond Valley, a retired postal clerk and longshoreman who had a passion for boxing, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he moved to Richmond Valley in 1997. A devoted family man, Mr. Baffi was a hard worker, simultaneously holding down jobs as a clerk for...