Melissa “Meli” Ali Simoes died in Allentown, Pennsylvania on November 13, 2025. Melissa was born and raised on Sullivan Street with; her mother, Verona, who passed when Melissa was 14 years old, her father, Jose Antonio, who still resides on Sullivan Street and is an active member of St. Anthony’s Church, and her older sister and only sibling, Ana, who works at St. Anthony’s Church. M
Joseph P. Bari passed away peacefully on November 5, 2025. Born on July 12, 1947, in the small town of Bagheria, Sicily, he was a devoted husband to his wife Vickie, and loving father to Santina, Gina, Steven, and daughter-in-law Alana. From humble origins, he became a restaurateur and property owner in Manhattan and Queens for over 60 years. Joseph valued hard work and family over everything.
Remo Antinori of Greenwich Village passed away peacefully Monday morning November 3rd just five months shy of his 100th birthday. He was predeceased by his parents Romolo and Catherine Antinori and his sisters Sylvia and Anna Antinori. He grew up on East 33rd Street in the Murray Hill section of New York City. After graduating Chesl
Mary Elizabeth (“Mary Beth”) Crynes, a resident of Christopher Street, NYC and Quogue, NY, entered into eternal life on Thursday. October 16, 2025. Born in Scranton, PA to the late Joseph P. and Anne Marie Lawlor Crynes, Mary Beth received her primary education at Cathedral Chapel School, Scranton, PA; she graduated from Marywood Seminary, Scranton; and received her Bachelor of Arts degree
Thom Fogarty – artist, activist, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend – died in his sleep in the early morning of October 6th, after a two and a half year battle with bladder cancer. He was 70. Thom was born in St. Augustine, Florida, and moved to New York City in 1977 after graduating with a BFA in Dance Performance and History from The Ohio State University. He appeared in
“Frances Cattanach - daughter, sister, cousin, wife, aunt and friend to many - passed peacefully in her sleep, in the early hours of Monday, October 6. Believed to have went to be with her husband, Jimmy, who passed exactly 35yrs earlier on October 5, 1990. She was born in Jessup, PA on January 8, 1935 to her Mother, Anna Green. She moved to Green Point, Brooklyn when she was 11yrs of age wit
Grazyna Witek passed away peacefully last week and joined her loved ones up in heaven. She was 67 years old, born on March 10, 1958 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland and passed away on Wednesday October 1, 2025 in her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She was the daughter of Wieslawa and Mieczyslaw Przybylski. Growing up in Poland, Grazyna always had an artistic sensibility and a keen eye