Obituaries

Rosalie Rodowsky

Dec 29, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Westerleigh resident Rosalie Rodowsky, 87, of Brick, N.J., a retired U.S. Postal Service supervisor, died Dec. 29 at home. Born and raised Rosalie Fanuzzi in Bulls Head, she moved to Westerleigh in 1956 and settled in Brick in 1984. A 1931 graduate of Port Richmond High School, she worked as a post officer supervisor, retiring in...

Michelle Lawler

Dec 23, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Michelle Lawler, 44, of Pleasant Plains, a devoted mother who enjoyed spending time with her son, died Monday in Staten Island University Hospital, Prince's Bay. Born Michelle Wiseman in Brooklyn, she was brought to Castleton Corners as a child and settled in Pleasant Plains in 2003. Mrs. Lawler began her career as a nurse at St. Vincent's...

Mary DiBlasi

Dec 19, 2013

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Sunday, December 29,2013 8PM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Saturday, December 28, 2013 2-4 & 7-9PM and Sunday, December 29, 2013 7-9PM

Cemetery: Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

John Grimes

Dec 18, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d John Grimes, 86, of Tottenville, an attorney who served in the Navy during World War II, died Wednesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Washington, D.C., he graduated from Gonzaga High School and received his law degree from George Washington University. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1944 to...

Peter Mustacchia

Dec 16, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Peter J. Mustacchia, 68, of Prince's Bay, a retired city Sanitation Department worker, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Manhattan, Mr. Mustacchia lived in Brooklyn before moving to Staten Island 15 years ago. He lived in Oakwood for a short time before settling in Prince's Bay. Mr. Mustacchia worked for the city's...

Vincent Pisani

Dec 12, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d Former Staten Islander Vincent Pisani, 78, of Amityville, L.I., a retired supermarket manager, died Thursday in Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, L.I. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to Charleston about 10 years ago, before settling in Amityville four years ago. Mr. Pisani was a graduate of Brooklyn's Lafayette High School. He worked for 30 years as a manager of...

Rose Hills

Dec 10, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Rose Hills, 91, of Charleston, a homemaker who enjoyed the theater, died Tuesday at home. Born Rose Sinatra in Manhattan, she arrived on Staten Island as a young girl. She lived in Dongan Hills before moving to Georgia in the 1940s. She returned to the Island in 1952 and settled in Charleston. Mrs. Hills was a homemaker...

Kyle Miller

Dec 8, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d A funeral mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church, Tottenville, for Kyle John Miller, 18, of Tottenville, a soft-spoken, dedicated and skilled mechanic, who died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital from injuries he sustained in a car crash last Wednesday. Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home in Tottenville is handling arrangements,...

Catherine VanTine

Dec 3, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Native Staten Islander Catherine M. Vantine, 54, of Tottenville, a Mount Loretto employee for nearly three decades, whose sunny disposition was an inspiration to all, died Tuesday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born in Pleasant Plains, she moved to Tottenville in 1969. Ms. Vantine worked in the housekeeping and food services departments at the Mission...

Rose Camperlango

Dec 1, 2013

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Services: Church of the Transfiguration Wednesday, December 4,2013 at 10:30 a.m.

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Tuesday, December 2,2013 2-4 & 7-10PM

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, contributions to St. Jude's Childrens Hospital or Ronald McDonald House in Rose's name would be appreciated

Cemetery: St. John's Cemetery

Location:...

Alfred Austin

Dec 1, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Alfred Austin, 84, of Annadale, a former police sergeant who enjoyed the outdoors, died Sunday after a long illness in Golden Gate Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, Meiers Corners, where he resided for the past three years. Born in Manhattan, he was brought to Prince's Bay as an infant. He also lived in Tottenville before settling in...

Patricia Tobias

Nov 29, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Patricia Tobias, 46, of Tottenville, died Nov. 29 in her home. Ms. Tobias moved with her family to West Brighton from Brooklyn in the late 1960s. She relocated to Barnegat Bay, N.J., in 1968, but returned to Staten Island in 1977, living first in Oakwood, then in Tottenville starting in 1979. Ms. Tobias was employed as a...

Anton Cossean

Nov 22, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Anton L. (Tony) Cossean, 56, of Rossville, a lifelong Staten Islander and a freelance mason who loved animals and was an advocate for them, died Friday at home. Born in Huguenot, Mr. Cossean moved with family to Rossville when he was a boy and remained in the community. He was a graduate of Tottenville High School, and...

Alice Doody

Nov 19, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Former Tottenville resident Alice G. Doody, 80, died Tuesday in Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Shrewsbury, N.J. Born Alice Carraher in Brooklyn, she graduated from Fontbonne Hall Academy. She moved to Staten Island in 1964 and lived in Tottenville until relocating to Shrewsbury five years ago. She was first employed as a secretary at the Federal Reserve...

Thomas O'Connor

Nov 17, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Thomas J. O'Connor, 65, of Tottenville, a banker and business owner who liked to travel, died Sunday in the Carmel Richmond Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Mr. O'Connor moved to Bulls Head in 1973. He lived in Great Kills for 14 years before settling in Tottenville in 1988. Mr. O'Connor...

Vito Fonte

Nov 10, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Vito Fonte, 84, of Tottenville, a loving family man who was fond of music and gardening, died Sunday at home. Born in Trapanni, Italy, he was educated there. He immigrated to the United States in 1967, moving to Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and settled in Tottenville 10 years ago. Mr. Fonte was a building superintendent for the Pan Am...

Lorraine Parenti

Nov 7, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lorraine Parenti, 84, of Annadale, a homemaker who enjoyed time with family, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. Born Lorraine LaRubio in Brooklyn, she settled in Annadale in 1981. A homemaker, Mrs. Parenti was parishioner of Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot. She was a very special person who was kind,...

Elaine Hanrahan

Nov 6, 2013

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Services: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday,November 8, 2013 11:00AM

Visitation: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home Friday, November 8, 2013 10-11AM

Cemetery: Resurrection Cemetery (Staten Island)

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Church: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home

Maryann Schierenbeck

Nov 6, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Lifelong Annadale resident Maryann Schierenbeck, 56, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, died Wednesday at home. She was born Maryann Van Alphen, and graduated from St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School. She devoted herself to raising her children and caring for her family and home. Mrs. Schierenbeck also enjoyed cooking and baking. Surviving are her husband of more...

Frank Benham

Nov 2, 2013

fiogf49gjkf0d fiogf49gjkf0d Frank H. Benham, 89, of Westerleigh, a retired manager who was devoted to his family and his faith, died Saturday in the Staten Island University Hospital, in Prince's Bay. Born in Brownwood, Texas, he grew up in New Mexico. He moved to Oregon in 1946 and Brooklyn in 1971, then settled in Westerleigh in 1982. Mr. Benham...