The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here.
Helen Smaldone, 99, who loved being around people from the front stoop in Brooklyn to the front yards on Regis Drive, meeting friends every day for years at the Staten Island Mall for breakfast, and later in life being known as the most famous grandma in Old Bridge where she became everyone’s ‘GRAM,’ died Jan. 21, 2022.
George F. Weintraub, 89, a devoted congregant of Temple Emanu-El, who taught chemistry at The McAllister School of Embalming, established a successful business and was a pharmacist who genuinely enjoyed speaking with his customers about anything and everything, died Jan. 22, 2022.
YESTERDAY’S OBITUARIES:
Matthew G. Caputo, 98, who served his country in WW II in the US Army and was awarded The Bronze Star and The Purple Heart, and who worked for Marine Aviation (S.I. Ferries) and retired in 1985, died Jan.16, 2022.
Paul Ross Martin of Stapleton died Jan. 17 after a brief illness. He was 89. The former Wall Street Journal assistant managing editor was “the paper’s last word on grammar” for many decades, according to a company obituary. During his 53-year tenure at the Journal, Martin created the paper’s first stylebook, a guide for reporters on grammar and word usage. He was also copy desk chief and an editor who handled the quirky Page One feature stories called “A-heds.”
Retired flooring designer Nicholas A. Forlizzi, 82, born is Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, passed away at home on Jan. 12. Nicky retired from NYC Transit as a Bus Operator and became a flooring designer working with David’s Floor Boutique, Gateway Carpet, and Taubs Flooring.
Ennio (Ralph) Cosentino, 86, lived a long and active life on Staten Island, where he raised his family. He was born in 1935 in Reggio, Calabria. Mr. Cosentino came to America as a naturalized U.S. Citizen when he was six months old. He worked for many years as a road car inspector for the New York City Transit Authority.
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