55, of Patterson, NY, died Sunday, August 25, 2002 in Cornwall, NY. He was born in Bronx, NY, on July 16, 1947, the son of Charlotte Graziano and the late Michael Graziano. He graduated from Mamaroneck High School and Iona College in New Rochelle and had lived in the area for the past 25 years. Mr. Graziano was a veteran of the US Army and served in Viet Nam and then became a police officer with the Mamaroneck Police Department and retired in 1992. He was a member of the VFW Post 9257 in Putnam Lake, the American Legion in Patterson, the Elks Lodge in Brewster, and the Moose Lodge of Danbury, CT. In addition to his mother of Wells, VT, Mr. Graziano is survived by one son, Andrew of St. Thomas, USVI, one daughter Dawn of Winter Park, FL, four sisters, Romana Fogarty of Florida, Arlene Viggiano and Debbie DeFalco, both of Mamaroneck and Donna Pergola of Mahopac. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday August 27, 2002 at the BEECHER FUNERAL HOME at 8 pm. Interment will be private. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. Contributions in his memory may be made to the ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=ACS'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=lohud'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=American Cancer Society'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/donateonlinenow/Legacy/index?dn=mem&fn=MICHAEL&ln=GRAZIANO'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=MICHAEL'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=GRAZIANO'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1619459061'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=1619459061'; document.write("<a href='" + adClkUrl + "' target=_blank>American Cancer Society<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /></a>"); }());.