Staten Island obituaries for Feb. 12, 2021
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here.
Dolores Gibson, 87, a former Staten Island resident who had been a member of St. Phillips Baptist Church and worked for more than 25 years at The Institute of Basic Research, died Feb. 8, 2021.
Norman L. Gilby Jr., 62, who was raised on Staten Island, was a veteran of the Navy and retired from Staten Island Railway, died Feb. 2, 2021.
Thomas Owen Reilly, 77, a lifelong Staten Islander and a longtime parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church, who was a Navy veteran and spent most of his adult working life on the water, died Feb. 7, 2021.
The Spirit of Diversity found in Father Jeff Laible
Laura Elliott
Sometimes when gathering the stories of those in our community, there is such an abundance of rich thought and anecdote that it’s hard to fit it all into these 1,000 plus words. My conversation with Fr Jeff Laible was one such time.
I met with Fr Laible at his office at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln, IL, where he serves as pastor there as well as the other Catholic churches in Logan County. He is also a military chaplain and a lover of cooking. This much I knew, and was delighted in discovering more of his story.
Mary Nnah
The Herbert family of Isiala- Ahaba, Autonomous Community, Abia State, has announced the burial arrangement of late Chief Ogbonna Ogbuji Herbert, who passed away at the age of 85 on December 1,2020 after a brief illness.
Late Herbert worked with UTC Nigeria Limited, Lagos and rose to top managerial position before retirement.
On Tuesday 12, January 2021, was a Requiem Mass for the deceased at Holy Family Catholic Church, 22 Road, Festac Lagos.
According to his first son Mr. Enyinnaya Herbert, the deceased’s body will on Friday, January 29, leave Madonna Mortuary in a motorcade to Alaribe’s compound, his maternal home in Ahaba Ukwu, Abia State for a brief lying in state and also 30-minute commendation ceremony by 8:30am.
Ralph Mahoney
Ralph Wendell Mahoney, 85 (one day short of his 86th birthday) of Fulton, SD passed away on January 25, 2021 at his residence, under hospice care, after a long courageous battle with cancer. A private Mass of Christian Burial was held at Holy Family Catholic Church. Arrangements entrusted to Will Funeral Chapel.
Ralph was born to Wendell and Mabel (Naser) Mahoney in Hanson County. He attended and graduated from Plano School. A couple years after high school he married his high school sweetheart and the love of his life, Mary (Gebel) in 1955. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in 2020. Ralph joined the army National Guard in 1954 shortly after graduating high school and retired in 1990 from his full-time civil service job as well as weekend guard. But in his heart, his true occupation was being a farmer. When he was in a tractor, he was a happy man. Even though his health made it challenging, Ralph farmed up until he passed away.
“Señor” Juan L. Espinosa, age 78, of New Braunfels, Texas, passed away peacefully into the arms of our Lord and Savior on Sunday January 10th, 2021 after the snow had