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Ralph Ambrosio
Jun 27, 2022
Ralph Ambrosio, 72, of Pelham, NY, passed away on June 27, 2022 surrounded by his loving family.
Ralph was born in Bronx, NY on October 23, 1949, to the late Julia and Vincent Ambrosio and came of age in the Belmont/Arthur Avenue section of Bronx, NY. He attended Our Savior Elementary School (1963) and Cardinal Hayes High School, graduating...
Thomas Comer
Jun 27, 2022
“The Big Bamboo” known to some as Tom Comer passed away on Monday, June 27th 2022. He was 46 years old. Born in Glenamaddy to John Collins and Mary Fleming, Tom was the middle of nine children. He was raised in Williamstown where he attended primary school. At the age of ten Tom would emigrate to Wolverhampton, England with his...
Carlos Humberto Diaz-Matos
Jun 20, 2022
Carlos Humberto Diaz-Matos, MD, 81, of Mount Vernon, NY formerly of Pelham Manor, NY passed away peacefully on Monday June 20, 2022. Born in Barahona, Dominican Republic, Carlos was the eldest of three children. He was raised in the Dominican Republic, where he attended local schools before graduating from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, which he proudly told everyone...
Fergal Joseph Ryan
Jun 16, 2022
Fergal Ryan of Park Slope, Brooklyn formerly of Ballyfermot, Dublin passed away on June 16th 2022. He was 57 years old. Born in Dublin to Michael and Elizabeth Ryan, Fergal was one of three children. He was raised in Ballyfermot where he attended De La Salle Primary School before graduating from St. John’s College in Ballyfermot. Fergal trained as a...
Itoma Alphanso Samuels
Jun 16, 2022
Itoma Alphanso Samuels of Mount Vernon, New York, passed away on June 16, 2022. He was 83 years old. Born in Pell River, Hanover Jamaica, to Lester Samuels and Mildred Lewis, he was raised as one of 10 children. Itoma graduated from Pell River All Ages School in Jamaica. He met his future wife, Joy, as a teenager in Jamaica...
Julia Giantelli
Jun 16, 2022
Julia S. Giantelli of Pelham, New York, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022. She was 86 years old. Born in Mount Vernon, New York to John E. Spinazola and Carmella Russo. She graduated from Edison high school where she met her lifelong partner, Guido, and married soon after. They were together for 62 years until 2018 when he passed...
Winifred Bernice Waugh
Jun 11, 2022
Winifred Bernice Waugh of Bronx, New York passed away on June 11th, 2022. She was 88 years old. Born in Christiana, Jamaica, Winifred was number seven of ten children. She was raised in Jamaica where she attended primary and secondary school. After graduating secondary school Winifred would work for the post office for many years. It was during her career...
Peter Lovisa
Jun 8, 2022
Peter R. Lovisa of Pelham Manor, NY, passed away on June 8, 2022 at the age of 95. He was born in the Bronx one of two sons of Angelo and Domenica Lovisa. Peter graduated in 1948 from Cornell University with a Degree in Civil Engineering and served in the United States Navy. Peter married the love of his life,...
Petra Munoz
Jun 6, 2022
Petra Munoz of Pelham, NY formerly of the Bronx passed away on June 6, 2022. She was 94 years old. Born in Manhattan to Rafael and Inocencia Ruiz, Petra was the only child. Petra was raised in Bronx where she attended vocational school. She studied cosmetology and would eventually work for herself in the South Bronx area.
Petra would...
Jo Ann Margaret Librett
Jun 4, 2022
Jo-Ann Margaret Librett passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022. She was 64 years old. Jo-Ann was born on July 17, 1957 to the late Stephen Lensky and Lillian McKeese in Brooklyn, NY as one of four children, and moved to Pelham, NY with her family while she was young.
Jo-Ann graduated from St. Gabriel’s High School and received her...
Ronald A. Cestone
May 31, 2022
Ronald Anthony Cestone of Bronx, New York, passed away on May 31, 2022. He was 64 years old. Born in New Rochelle, NY to Anthony and Fannie Cestone. Ronald spent most of his childhood in New Rochelle eventually moving to Pelham and graduating from Pelham High School. Ronald worked as a plumber for Burgh Plumbing and Heating and as a...
Rita Ann Williams
May 27, 2022
Rita Ann Williams passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022. She was 68 years old. Rita was born on August 31, 1953 in New York City to the late Gerald Williams and Louise France. She attended catholic school until 8th grade and then transitions to George Washington high school and joined Monarch Temple #815 Sr. Elks in October 1973. Rita...
Marie Darmiento
May 27, 2022
Marie Darmiento of The Bronx, New York, passed away on May 27, 2022. She was 77 years old. Born in 1945 to Nicola and Rosaria Cinquina, she was one of 6 children. Marie graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School, and went on to marry the love of her life, her husband, Rocco Darmiento. The couple resided in The Bronx, where they raised their two children, Anthony and Nicholas. Marie and Rocco were...
Mary Cusano
May 23, 2022
Mary Cusano, A life long resident of Pelham, passed away on May 23rd 2022. She was 86 years old.
Born in the Bronx to Nick Nitis and Kalotina Kouronis, Mary was the second youngest of 5 children. Mary was raised in the Bronx where she attended local schools. After graduating High School Mary would meet her husband of over 50...
John J. Donahoe
May 19, 2022
John J. Donahoe, a lifelong resident of Pelham, New York passed away peacefully on May 19, 2022. He was 89 years old. He was born on February 13, 1933, to the late John and Catherine Donahoe in New York City. John was an only child. John attended Siwanoy Elementary School and Pelham Memorial High School where he ran track and...
Yvette Rosabelle Challenger
May 19, 2022
Yvette Rosabelle Challenger of The Bronx, New York, formerly from Antigua, West Indies, passed away peacefully at her home on May 19th, 2022. She was seventy-seven years of age. Yvette was born on the Island of Antigua, to Donald Challenger and Fernella Carlos (nee Odlum) the second of 5 siblings. At the tender age of five years, Yvette went to...
Edward (Joe) Fullerton
May 18, 2022
Edward (Joe) Fullerton of Bronx, NY, passed away on May 18, 2022. He was 92 years old.
Joe was born and raised in Sladran, Co Donegal, Ireland, to the late John and Mary Fullerton.
Joe left the Isle of Ireland, in June, 1964, and settled in the United States, with the love of his life, his wife Mary. Together they...
Jim Greene
May 14, 2022
James “Jim” Greene of Yonkers, New York, formerly of Ballybannon, Castlewellan, Co. Down, Ireland, passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Jim was one of four children born to Jimmy and Kitty (nee McClean) Greene. He attended Annsborough Primary and Newcastle Technical Schools, and as a young man served six years as a typesetter with the Mourne Observer newspaper....
Sean Patrick McKenna
Apr 29, 2022
Sean Patrick McKenna of Yonkers, New York passed away on April 29th 2022. He was 59 years old. Born in New Haven Ct. to Patrick and Eileen McKenna, Sean was the eldest of three children. At a young age Sean moved to Jamestown, Co Leitrim where he was raised. He attended Jamestown National School and Carrick on Shannon Secondary School....
Nicholas J. Nesi
Apr 27, 2022
Nicholas John Nesi of Mount Vernon, New York, passed away on April 27, 2022. He was 72 years old. Born to Jimmy and Annie Petraglia Nesi. Nicholas was one of three children. Nicholas attended Pelham High School and played for their football and wrestling teams. Following graduation, Nicholas enlisted in the United States Air Force. He spent twenty years with...
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