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Felicia Ruperto
Died: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Felicia Ruperto, 52 years old, a longtime community resident, died Aug. 11. She was born
Feb. 20, 1960, in the Bronx, the daughter of Angelo and Vivian Ortiz.
She was a freelance photographer. Felicia was involved in Project Rachel, loved photography, music, church and her family.
She is survived by her spouse, Daniel; daughter, Victoria “Tori”; son, Matthew “Matt”; sister, Diana Rene; brothers, Angelo Ortiz and Michael Ortiz; and mother, Vivian.
She was preceded in death by her father, Angelo.
Services were held at Church on the Sound, Stony Brook, Aug. 15. Interment followed in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.
Thomas J. Nasti
Died: Friday, August 10, 2012
Thomas J. Nasti, age 88, of St. James, died on Aug. 10. He was the beloved husband of Lora; loving father of Virginia (Philip) Licausi, Thomas, Ann (Robert) and Richard (Maura); dear Poppy of eight and Great-Poppy of one.
A funeral Mass was held Aug. 13 at Sts. Philip & James R.C. Church. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Fund for Stony Brook Hospital, 284210 c/o Carrie Bhada Stony Brook Medicine, HSC Level 4, Room 172, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8430.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Maher Family of the St. James Funeral Home in St. James.
Vincent J. Gallo
Died: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Vincent J. Gallo of Ridge died on August 8. He was the cherished soulmate of Christine Quinn; loving father of Danielle and Allison Gallo; adored stepfather of Laura Gerardi; devoted grandfather of Ava and Julia Gerardi.
Vinny is predeceased by his wife Kathryn and sister, Mary-Jo Fryer. He spent his life working at what he loved; he was a PGA golf pro at the Pine Ridge Golf Club. He was loved by everyone who knew him and he will be greatly missed.
A funeral Mass was held August 13 at St. Mark’s R.C. Church, Shoreham. Cremation followed at Washington Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Association.
Arrangements were entrusted to O.B. Davis Funeral Homes of Miller Place.
Vincent J. Gallo
Vincent J. Gallo of Ridge died on August 8. He was the cherished soulmate of Christine Quinn; loving father of Danielle and Allison Gallo; adored stepfather of Laura Gerardi; devoted grandfather of Ava and Julia Gerardi.
Vinny is predeceased by his wife Kathryn and sister, Mary-Jo Fryer. He spent his life working at what he loved; he was a PGA golf pro at the Pine Ridge Golf Club. He was loved by everyone who knew him and he will be greatly missed.
A funeral Mass was held August 13 at St. Mark’s R.C. Church, Shoreham. Cremation followed at Washington Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Association.
Arrangements were entrusted to O.B. Davis Funeral Homes of Miller Place.
Zdzislaw Sobstyl
Died: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Zdzislaw H. Sobstyl, age 83, of Smithtown, originally born
in Poland, passed peacefully on Aug. 22.
He was the beloved husband of Anna; loving father of Eileen, Daniel (Barbara), Mark, Steven (Nancy) and Christine; adored grandfather of Jessica, Erin, Taylor, Chelsea and Shannon; and cherished brother of Marysia.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church, Smithtown. Interment followed at St. James Episcopal Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Vigliante family of The Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown.
Estelle Wilson
Died: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Estelle Wilson, 95 years old, a longtime community resident, died August 22. She was born
May 6, 1917, in Brooklyn, the daughter of Martin and Anna Stave.
She was a retired undertaker.
She is survived by her daughter, Brenda (Robert) Heaney, along with many other family and friends.
Services were held at the funeral home, August 28. Interment followed in the Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.
Nicholas Brett
Died: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Nicholas Brett, 85, of the LI State Veteran’s Home of Stony Brook, formerly of Port Jefferson, died peacefully on August 21, with his loving wife, Louise, at his side. Born Nov. 23, 1926, in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Edward and Christina (Caristo) Brett. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Louise (Gniazdowski) Brett, a locally renowned artist; his loving children, Louise and Jeffery Cash, MaryAnn Spence, Cynthia and Dr. Joseph Mannino, M.D., Nicholas E. and Michelle (Olds) Brett of California (stuntman) and Jeffery W. and Natalie (Adler) Brett; 15 grandchildren (four of which are serving our country) and five great-grandchildren. Nicholas is also survived by his siblings, Cathleen (Brett) Berkmeir, John Brett and Robert Brett and family friend, Brother Christopher Gola of the Montfort Missions. He is predeceased by his brothers, Edward Brett and Francis Brett and his friend and brother-in-law, Robert Hughes.
Nicholas’ family moved to Long Island when he was young. Nicholas attended Terryville School and joined the Navy in 1944. He was a Boatswain’s Mate, Second Class USNR, and served on the NTC Sampson, NY and the USF Constitution. He received the World War II Victory Medal and American Theatre Medal. After serving his country he returned to Long Island and opened his own business, “Nick’s Taxi” in Port Jefferson, where his brothers also worked. He opened a second business, “Nick’s ESSO” gas and service station in Port Jefferson Station, on the north side of the RR tracks. In the 1940s, Nick met the love of his life, Louise, while she was working at Caggiano’s Drug Store as a soda jerk. They developed a long friendship and were married
on Dec. 1, 1956, at Infant Jesus Church in Port Jefferson. After marrying, they traveled across the United States for two years in a 1955 Buick convertible, pulling a trailer. Nicholas worked various jobs as a mechanic and pumping gas along the way. They then settled in Port Jefferson to raise their family. Nicholas worked with Bryant’s Oil Co., drove a truck for Kogel Sand and Gravel and George Submergen Sand and Gravel, and then worked for many years with LI Comfort Home Heating Co., where he was respected as the top mechanic until his retirement.
Nicholas and his wife were communicants at Infant Jesus Church, where he ushered for many years and was active at church events. Nicholas enjoyed boating with his family and going to dances at the Polish Hall with his wife. They loved to dance and their favorite song to dance to was The Blue Skirt Waltz. On Sunday mornings they would waltz and Polka in the kitchen listening to the radio playing. Nicholas will be remembered for his patience, kindness, listening, storytelling and unconditional love.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at the LI Vets Home of Stony Brook for taking wonderful care of Nicholas for three years.
A mass was held at Infant Jesus Church in Port Jefferson. In lieu of flowers please consider a contribution to the LI State Veteran’s Home.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.
Harry Solomon Soroff
Died: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Dr. Harry Solomon Soroff, 86, former chief of surgery at Stony Brook University, the Northport Veterans Administration Hospital and Boston City Hospital, and a former professor of surgery at Tufts New England Medical Center, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, due to complications following heart surgery.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia to Russian immigrants who fled the country in 1921, his father, Nathaniel, was a Hebrew School teacher, and his mother, Fanya, acquired and managed real estate. The family moved to Philadelphia, where Dr. Soroff was raised and eventually attended Temple University, studying physics and earning his M.D. degree by the age of 21.
In 1948, he was one of the first volunteers on a kibbutz in the newly formed state of Israel and remained an ardent Zionist throughout his life.
He did his internship at Columbia University, where he met and married
his first wife, the late Lynne W. Marcus. During the Korean War, he served as a captain in the army, stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, where he did seminal research on burns and nutritional needs for healing of burn victims and surgical patients. He then moved to Cleveland, where he did a fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, before relocating to Boston in the late 1950s.
Serving as chief resident under the pioneering cardiac surgeon Dwight Harken at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, he helped to perform the world’s first heart valve replacement surgery. He eventually became chief of surgery at Boston City Hospital and professor of surgery at Tufts New England Medical Center, until, in 1974, the state of New York hired him as chief for the newly built hospital at SUNY Stony Brook. He was the founding chairman of the department of surgery at Stony Brook and also served as chief of surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Northport.
During both the Yom Kippur and Six-Day wars in Israel, he volunteered with the Israeli army’s mobile medical units, furthering the subspecialty in burns that led him to develop a state-of-the-art burn unit at Stony Brook. His research in external counterpulsation, meanwhile, led to the development of a device to treat patients with chronic heart disease, which he manufactured in partnership with the Chinese government. Throughout the Cold War, he traveled extensively to teach medicine in the Eastern Bloc, and he was instrumental in evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel during the 1980s.
During his career, he authored more than 90 original research articles published in the medical literature, obtained numerous patents and received multiple awards and accolades. He was an honorary fire chief of Suffolk County, and he was honored by Sun Yat-sen Medical School in China and by the main medical school in Manila, the Philipines.
His third wife, Adrienne (Laladier), and her son, Christopher Leahy, predeceased him. He is survived by his companion, Marjorie MacArthur of Manhattan; three sons, David Soroff of Coram, Dr. Daniel Soroff of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, and his wife, Dr. Betsy Johnson, and Jonathan Soroff of Newton, Mass., and his partner, Sam Mazzarelli; four stepchildren and their spouses, Marc and Cathleen Leahy and Susan and Craig Spivey of Lloyd Neck, Matthew and Patti Leahy of Charleston, S.C., and Peter and Theresa Leahy of Parkland, Fla.; numerous step-grandchildren; and two grandsons, Samuel and Jacob Soroff of Cumberland Foreside, Maine.
A private burial took place in Israel, and a memorial service to honor his memory will be held at a later date.
Donations in his memory can be made to the Soroff Family Israel Fellowship at SUNY Stony Brook Hillel.
Nicholas Brett
Died: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Nicholas Brett, 85, of the LI State Veteran’s Home of Stony Brook, formerly of Port Jefferson, died peacefully on August 21, with his loving wife, Louise, at his side. Born Nov. 23, 1926, in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Edward and Christina (Caristo) Brett. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Louise (Gniazdowski) Brett, a locally renowned artist; his loving children, Louise and Jeffery Cash, MaryAnn Spence, Cynthia and Dr. Joseph Mannino, M.D., Nicholas E. and Michelle (Olds) Brett of California (stuntman) and Jeffery W. and Natalie (Adler) Brett; 15 grandchildren (four of whom are serving our country) and five great-grandchildren. Nicholas is also survived by his siblings, Cathleen (Brett) Berkmeir, John Brett and Robert Brett and family friend, Brother Christopher Gola of the Montfort Missions. He is predeceased by his brothers, Edward Brett and Francis Brett and his friend and brother-in-law, Robert Hughes.
Nicholas’ family moved to Long Island when he was young. Nicholas attended Terryville School and joined the United States Navy in 1944. He was a Boatswain’s Mate, Second Class USNR, and served on the NTC Sampson, NY, and the USF Constitution. He received the World War II Victory Medal and American Theatre Medal. After serving his country he returned to Long Island and opened his own business, “Nick’s Taxi” in Port Jefferson, where his brothers also worked. He opened a second business, “Nick’s ESSO” gas and service station in Port Jefferson Station, on the north side of the RR tracks. In the 1940s, Nick met the love of his life, Louise, while she was working at Caggiano’s Drug Store as a soda jerk. They developed a long friendship and were married
on Dec. 1, 1956, at Infant Jesus Church in Port Jefferson. After marrying, they traveled across the United States for two years in a 1955 Buick convertible, pulling a trailer. Nicholas worked various jobs as a mechanic and pumping gas along the way. They then settled in Port Jefferson to raise their family. Nicholas worked with Bryant’s Oil Co., drove a truck for Kogel Sand and Gravel and George Submergen Sand and Gravel, and then worked for many years with LI Comfort Home Heating Co., where he was respected as the top mechanic until his retirement.
Nicholas and his wife were communicants at Infant Jesus Church, where he ushered for many years and was active at church events. Nicholas enjoyed boating with his family and going to dances at the Polish Hall with his wife. They loved to dance and their favorite song to dance to was The Blue Skirt Waltz. On Sunday mornings they would waltz and Polka in the kitchen listening to the radio playing. Nicholas will be remembered for his patience, kindness, listening, storytelling and unconditional love.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at the LI Vets Home of Stony Brook for taking wonderful care of Nicholas for three years.
A Mass was held at Infant Jesus Church in Port Jefferson. In lieu of flowers please consider a contribution to the LI State Veteran’s Home.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of Setauket.
Dominick Giovanniello
Died: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Dominick Giovanniello, age 93, of St. James, died on Aug. 21.
He was the beloved husband of Mary; devoted father of Vito (Geraldine) and Peter (Cristina); loving grandfather of William, Michael, Dominic and Maryann; cherished great-grandfather of Andrea, Matthew, Mia and Giuliana; and dear brother of Dorothy Toto.
A religious service was celebrated at the funeral home. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Vigliante family of The Branch Funeral Home of Smithtown.
Audrey A. Carty
Died: Monday, August 20, 2012
Audrey A. Carty, age 76, of East Setauket and formerly of Port Jefferson, died on Aug. 20. She was born
April 9, 1936, in Brooklyn.
She was the former owner of J&A Ice Cream in Port Jefferson Station and a past treasurer of Harbor Ridge Beach Association.
Mrs. Carty was the beloved wife of the late James; loving mother of James, Kerry (Sean), Anne (Robert), Robert (Polly) and Kevin (Kristen); cherished grandmother of 11; and dear sister of Marie Buscemi (late Paul) and Adrienne King (Gerard).
Religious services were held Aug. 24 at the funeral home. Private cremation.
If you would like to make a donation in Audrey’s memory, her two favorite charities were:
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, www.donors@stjude.org, 800-822-6344.
The Humane Society of the United States, Dept MEMIT9, 2100 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, www.humanesociety.org, 866-693-7436.
Arrangements were entrusted to O.B. Davis Funeral Homes of Port Jefferson Station.
Patricia F. Brunkard
Died: Monday, August 20, 2012
Patricia F. Brunkard of Port Jefferson died on August 20. She was born
Dec. 31, 1937, in Queens. She was the beloved wife of William L. Brunkard; loving mother of David McEnaney, Denise Bain and Michael McEnaney; cherished grandmother of five and great-grandmother of two; dear sister of Arthur Carey.
A funeral Mass was held August 23 at St. Charles Chapel of Infant Jesus R.C. Church, Port Jefferson. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the O.B. Davis Funeral Homes of Port Jefferson Station.
