George J. Taktekos, of Melville, died on Nov. 14, 1998. Husband of Ritsa. Stepfather of Sophia and Anthony DeMonte, Christina and Paul Fusco and Maria and Robert Franco. Grandfather of five. Arrangements were made by the Vernon C.Wagner Funeral Home, Hicksville. Funeral Mass at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church. Interment Calverton National Cemetery. Loretta A. Schmidt died on Nov. 15, 1998. Wife of the late Rudolph. Mother of Dolores Mahler and Robert Schmidt. Sister of Anne Feeley. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of seven. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Marjorie A. Start, 65, died on Nov. 15, 1998. Wife of Robert. Mother and mother-in-law of Donna and Michael Feerick and Denise and Stephen Moffett. Sister of Josephine Taraci, Camille D'Auito, Margaret Gallo, Rosemary Troni and Geraldine Wainwright. Grandmother of Patrick, Melissa, Laura and Michael. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Martin of Tours RC Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Donations can be made in Marjorie's name to 1 in 9 LI Breast Cancer Coalition, 2201 Hempstead Tpke., East Meadow, NY. Robert B. Conrod, of Farmingdale, died on Nov. 16, 1998. Retired teacher at Woodward Parkway School. Father of Tracey DeTommaso, Jill Thornton and Christie Conrod. Brother of Thomas and John. Grandfather of Sean Thornton and James Francis DeTommaso. Arrangements were made by the McCourt & Trudden Funeral Home, Farmingdale. Funeral Mass at St. Kilian RC Church. Cremation private. William J. Furlong died on Nov. 17, 1998. Husband of the late Helen. Father of Richard and Pamela Quinn, Kathie Veltry and Michele Lum. Grandfather of eight. Great-grandfather of one. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Martin of Tours RC Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Donations can be made in William's memory to LI State Veterans Home, Stony Brook. Angelina M. Yuska (nee Staropoli) died on Nov. 17, 1998. Forty six year employee of NY Telephone Company. Wife of the late Victor. Survived by many nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Donations can be made in Angelina's memory to the Bide-A-Wee Home. Kathleen M. Wheeler (nee McDonald) died on Nov. 18, 1998. She graduated from NYU in 1928 and was a former NYC elementary school teacher and past regent of the Manhattan Chapter of DAR. Wife of the late Francis. Mother of Robert, Richard, Bruce, John, Carroll Agoglia and Barbara Melore. Grandmother of 20. Great-grandmother of 20. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Kilian RC Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. John J. Mooney, 68, died on Nov. 18, 1998. Husband of the late Gloria Anne. Father of Barbara Puder, John Jr., Joseph, Kathleen Gordon, Thomas, Gloria Nemet, Stephen, Timothy and the late Patrick. Grandfather of seven. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Martin of Tours RC Church. Interment LI National Cemetery. Fernando Lugo, 56, of California, died on Nov. 18, 1998. Father of Christie Lynn Lugo. Son of Wigberto and Lydia Lugo of Farmingdale. Brother of Wigberto Jr., Johnny, Roselydia and Maryann. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral services at Pinelawn Memorial Park. Ruth Constantine died on Nov. 18, 1998 in her 93rd year. Wife of the late George. Mother of James, William and Joyce Serino. Mother-in-law of Joan Constantine. Grandmother of 10. Great-grandmother of nine. Cremation arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Memorial Mass at St. James RC Church. Eleanor Collins, of Bethpage, died on Nov. 21, 1998 at the age of 77. Daughter of the late Joseph and Leonora Collins. Aunt of Stephen and Denise. Great-aunt of Stephen and Doreen. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Martin of Tours RC Church. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.