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Staten Island obituaries for Dec. 17, 2020
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here.
Theophilus David Fisher, 94, of Port Richmond, a World War II and Korean War Veteran who also worked for more than 20 years at the U.S. Postal Service, died Dec. 12, 2020.
Jeanne M. Leone, 93, a Staten Island native who was the previous business owner of retail store Slackarama, and was an instrumental part of the SI Pee Wee Football league, died Dec. 12, 2020.
Joseph René Yost , 85, who grew up in New Dorp, worked as a civil engineer for Grumman Aircraft and then later at Johnson & Johnson, and eventually taught engineering, died just before his 86th birthday.