OBITS: Staten Island Advance 28 Aug 2005; Staten Island, Richmond co., New
York

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Source: Staten Island Advance Death Notices
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JOSEPH BULONE, 78
Born in Sicily, he owned a car-repair shop
Sunday, August 28, 2005

Joseph Bulone, 78, of Grasmere, a longtime Staten Islander who was a mechanic
and retired owner of a Brooklyn car-repair shop, died last Sunday at home.

Mr. Bulone was born in the Sicilian seaside town of Licata. He lived there
until 1948, when he relocated to Brooklyn. He moved to Staten Island in 1977,
settling in Grasmere.

He worked as a longshoreman in Brooklyn before finding work as a mechanic at
Lind Oldsmobile in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in 1952. Five years
later, he moved to the former Balmer Cadillac, in the same community, then
opened his own business, J and V Service Center, in Bay Ridge in 1962. He
retired in 1999.

Mr. Bulone's family said that he enjoyed cooking, especially seafood, a
passion he had from his childhood in Licata.

His son, Salvatore, said that Mr. Bulone crisscrossed the county by car,
traveled through the southern states and made weekend trips to Maine to eat
lobster.

Mr. Bulone is survived by his wife of 55 years, Emily Bulone; another son,
Joseph; a sister, Angelina Peritore, five grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. The funeral was Thursday from the Virginia Funeral
Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass in Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach.
Burial was in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp. 

DAWN WALSH, 70
Enjoyed sewing costumes for grandchildren
Sunday, August 28, 2005

Dawn M. Walsh, 70, a homemaker and native Staten Islander, died Friday in
Clove Lakes Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Castleton Corners, where
she had been 1995 a patient for three weeks.

Born Dawn Geidel in Tottenville, she moved to West Brighton in 1953 when she
was married.

She was a 1952 graduate of Tottenville High School.

Mrs. Walsh spent most of her life as a homemaker caring for her children and
grandchildren, said her husband, Thomas P. Walsh, a retired assistant chief
for the city Fire Department.

In the mid-1970s, Mrs. Walsh coached CYO basketball for Sacred Heart School,
West Brighton, for six years, culminating with Sacred Heart's first
Archdiocesan state championship in 1975. She also coached softball for the
school.

In the late 1980s, Mrs. Walsh spent a few years working as a bookkeeper for
the Visiting Nurse Association on Staten Island.

Mrs. Walsh enjoyed crafting and sewing in her leisure time and took great joy
in making Halloween costumes every year for her eight grandsons and her
granddaughter. She also enjoyed bowling, gardening and reading.

Mrs. Walsh was a parishioner of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, where she was an
officer of the Mother's Guild. She was also a former Brownie leader at the
church.

In addition to her husband of 52 years, Thomas, and her grandchildren, Mrs.
Walsh is survived by a son, Thomas; two daughters, Diane Casserly and Jeanne
Panzarino, and a brother, Paul Geidel.

Another son, Terence, died in 1992.

The funeral will be Tuesday from the Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton,
with a 10 a.m. mass in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be in St. Mary's
Cemetery, Grasmere. 

JULIA FRAWLEY, 79
Homemaker interested in Irish culture
Sunday, August 28, 2005

Julia Frawley, 79, a homemaker, died yesterday in Carmel Richmond Healthcare
and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills, where she lived for six years.

Born Julia McKinney in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Mrs. Frawley relocated to
Brooklyn in 1954 and moved to Great Kills in 1989.

Mrs. Frawley was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and was interested in Irish
culture. She also liked to watch the television show "Jeopardy."

"She enjoyed having a good time, and she was a good time to all," said her
son, Larry Frawley.

Mrs. Frawley's husband of 38 years, Oliver, died in 1991.

In addition to her son, Larry, she is survived by another son, James; two
daughters, Mary Connolly and Julia M. Koniosis, six sisters and nine
grandchildren. The funeral will be Wednesday from the Casey-McCallum-Rice
South Shore Funeral Home, with a 9:45 a.m. mass in St. Clare's R.C. Church,
both Great Kills. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.