{"id":102442,"date":"2026-01-16T18:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102442\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:05:21","slug":"staten-island-obituaries-for-jan-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102442\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island obituaries for Jan. 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 In honor of those who have died, here is a compilation of obituaries posted on SILive<\/a>. Viewing times and guest books can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jayne D. Rivas, 78, died on Dec. 18, 2025. Born on Staten Island, Jayne graduated from St. Peter\u2019s Girls High School before earning degrees from SUNY Plattsburgh and SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. <\/p>\n

Throughout her distinguished medical career, she served as director of the Pediatrics Training Program at St. Vincent\u2019s Hospital on Staten Island and later as Medical Director of The New York Foundling Hospital and Chairperson of Pediatrics at St. Vincent\u2019s in Manhattan. <\/p>\n

She co-authored an organic chemistry textbook and was honored as a SUNY distinguished alumna. An active member of Sacred Heart parish, Jayne sang in the church choir and volunteered as camp physician at Birch Family Camp. She is survived by 3 children, 7 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, 5 siblings, and numerous extended family members. Read the full obituary on SILive<\/a><\/p>\n

Patricia F. Hennessy, 94, passed away on Jan. 2, 2026. Born in Richmond and raised in Dongan Hills, Pat graduated from New Dorp High School and married Ray Golterman in 1952. She managed books and advertising for the Lancaster Women\u2019s Shop and co-founded the Lancaster Men\u2019s Shop in West Brighton. Later in her career, she worked as a real estate broker in Bridgwater, N.J., before retiring to the Jersey Shore where she dedicated her time to family and artistic pursuits. She is survived by 2 children, 2 sisters, 4 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. Read the full obituary on SILive<\/a><\/p>\n

Generative AI was used to produce an initial draft of this story based on data from Legacy.com. It was reviewed and edited by Advance\/SILive.com staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 In honor of those who have died, here is a compilation of obituaries posted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-102442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}