Obituaries
Mathew Mattam
- October 2, 2020
Mathew Mattam was born on June 10, 1944, to the late Mathai and AnnammaPurappokara in Cherpunkal, Kerala, India. He enrolled at the Swiss-founded NetturTechnical Training Foundation (NTTF) in 1962 and graduated in 1966 with a certificate in Tool & Die Making. He started his career, in Bangalore, at Stumpp Schuele & Somappa, the leading manufacturer of industrial springs within India. In 1972, Mat
Rosenie Montalvo
- August 22, 2020
Rosenie Macaldo Montalvo was lovingly known to most as "ROSE". She was born on September 15, 1946 in Bacolod City, Philippines. Rose immigrated to the United States in 1984. She was the eldest of 7 children, born to Jesusa and Anacleto Macaldo Sr. She is survived by sisters-Madeleine, Ingrid, Agnes, Yvonne, and brother- Edwin, and several nieces and nephews. Rose was a Preparatory School Teac
Maurizio Daliana
- August 13, 2020
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Dr. Maurizio Daliana. Maurizio was born in Florence, Italy, where his sense of service to others lead him to study medicine. After graduating from The University of Florence in the early 1960s he immigrated to New York City where he completed his surgical training, and actively practiced general and vascular surgery until his recent retiremen
John A. Rykala, Sr.
- August 3, 2020
John A. Rykala, Sr., 83, passed away on August 3, 2020 at Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Hospital from complications of Parkinson's Disease with his family by his side. John was born to Polish immigrants in Portage, PA. After losing both parents at age 12, he moved to live with his sister Helen and brother-in-law Rocco Cafaro in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. He went to James Madison High School and becam
Louis J. Buffalano
- June 9, 2020
Louis J. Buffalano Birth August 3, 1930 Deceased June 9, 2020 My father, Louis J. Buffalano, a Brooklyn boy, was born on August 3, 1930, and passed away peacefully on June 9, 2020. He was the youngest of eight kids and was born to Italian immigrants, Anthony and Lena Buffalano who instilled hard work and discipline to them all. They were all smart and talented and he was proud of his family a
Mary Teresita Pinto
- May 4, 2020
Mary Teresita Pinto, a former resident of Stuyvesant Town returned to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the early morning of May 4, 2020. Mary was born on October 1, 1930 to Jennie and Leonard Pinto in the Bronx, New York. Mary earned her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from The College of Mt. St. Vincent and her Master's Degree in Nursing from Adelphi University. She achieved ABD status in Nursing
Gordon Pradl
- April 17, 2020
Gordon Morrell Pradl, a longtime professor of English education at New York University, died from complications of the coronavirus on April 17 at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was 76 years old. Gordon was born on December 6, 1943, in Montreal, Quebec, and grew up in Morristown, N.J. He graduated from Amherst College in 1965. Influenced by the college's fresh
Edward J. Croft
- April 14, 2020
Edward (John-Ed) Croft, a New York City artist, died from complications of the coronavirus on April 14, 2020, at NY Langone Hospital. Eddie was born on December 24, 1936, in Brooklyn New York to the late Isabelle Taylor Croft and Edward S. Croft. He is survived by his three sons and their wives, Joseph (Lora), John (Jennifer), and Jason Croft; five grandchildren, Danielle, Joseph, Bailey, Shann
Mary Ann Carme Pradl
- March 31, 2020
Mary Ann (Carme) Pradl, 75, of Brooklyn, N.Y. died on March 31, 2020 after a long illness. She was wife of Gordon M. Pradl who later passed away on April 17, 2020. Mary Ann was born in Greenfield, Mass. on May 10, 1944 and spent some of her early adult years in Colrain, Mass. The second of five children of Alexander and Adeline (Totaro) Carme, both deceased, she graduated with honors from Greenfie
Pearl Greenberg
- February 25, 2020
Pearl Greenberg, Ed.D. Cooper Union 1948 NYU M.A. 1960 Teachers College, Columbia Univ. Ed. D. 1971 Pearl was born in Brooklyn and was a lifelong resident of New York City. For the last 10 years of her life, she lived in Oakland, CA near her son Ken. Pearl passed away peacefully on Feb 25th. She taught elementary school art at Downtown Community School for 14 years and was a Professor of