Joseph D. Solomito, of Boone, NC formerly of N. Massapequa, died on Aug. 1, 1999. Retired Hempstead Village Police Officer. Husband of Nancy. Father of Suzanne Zoll (John) and Robin Puetzer (Scotty). Grandfather of Christina and Christopher Zoll. Son of the late Rocco and Margaret. Brother of James (Marie), June Petrucci, Alberta Sadowski (Edward) and Roseann Moore (Frank). Uncle of many nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by the Whitting Funeral Home, Glen Head. Memorial Mass at St. Patrick's RC Church. Cremation private. Contributions can be made to Hospice of Watauge County, Birchtree Square #4, 136 Furman Rd., Boon, NC 28607. Beatrice Craig Phillips, 71, formerly of Massapequa Park, died on Aug. 8, 1999. Born in Rock Hill, SC, she married Frank Phillips during WWII. They divorced in the 1970s. She worked as a driver for a LI bus company and later became a machine worker at American Hydron/Allergen, a Syosset contact lens company. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Massapequa. Mother of Phil Phillips and Veronica Phillips-Moreno. Sister of William D. Craig, Dorothy C. Frisicia, Berry D. Garrison and Frances C. Hammond. Grandmother of one. Arrangements were made by the Greene Funeral Home, Rock Hill. Funeral services. Interment Grandview Memorial Park, Rock Hill. Contributions can be made to the Westminster Health Center, 1330 India Hook Rd., Rock Hill, SC 29732. Dorothea Arcuri, of Massapequa, died on Aug. 9, 1999. Wife of the late Peter. Mother of Josephine Cavallaro and Joseph. Sister of Josephine Sullivan. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of six. Arrangements were made by the Charles G. Schmitt Funeral Home, Seaford. Mass of Christian Burial at St. William the Abbot RC Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Gloria Arabia (nee LaCava), of N. Massapequa, died on Aug. 10, 1999. Wife of Richard D. Mother of Richard J. (Sherry) Arabia. Grandmother of Brittany and Matthew. Sister of Rose Marionakis, Catherine Incorvia and Josephine Jamgochian. Arrangements were made by the Charles J. O'Shea Funeral Home, Seaford. Funeral Mass at St. James RC Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Gretel Stevens (nee Schafer), of Massapequa, died on Aug. 12, 1999. Mother of Michele Drexler, John R. Mazalewski Jr., Lisa Valentino and Alison West. Grandmother of Michael, Christine and Matthew Drexler, Claire, Matthew, Bridget, Catherine, Daniel, Cecelia, Bernadette and Andrew Mazalewski and Courtney Jackson. Sister of Joan Foster. Arrangements were made by the Francis P. DeVine Funeral Home, Oyster Bay. Funeral Mass at St. Dominic's RC Chapel. Interment Harrod Cemetery, Harrod, OH. Donations can be made, in memory of Gretel Stevens, to Cancer Care at Mercy Medical Center, 1000 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre, NY 11570.