Mary Benedisuk, 58

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Lifelong Staten Islander Mary Benedisuk, 58, a civilian worker for the NYPD who enjoyed helping people and caring for animals, died Monday in Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after a long battle with breast cancer.

Born and raised in Great Kills, where she lived for most of her life, and recently moved to Prince’s Bay. She graduated from St. Joseph by- the-Sea High School and John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.

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