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September 10, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Friday, September 12 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
Frank E. Jacobs Jr., age 62 of Wayne, died on Wednesday September 10, 2008 at the Columbia University Hospital in New York City. He had been preparing for the installation of a special heart pump when his own heart failed just days shy of his scheduled surgery.
Frank was born in Passaic, NJ and grew up in Lyndhurst, graduating from Lyndhurst High School in 1963. He graduated from Jersey City State College in 1967, which is where he met and fell in love with his wife, Lorraine. They moved to Wayne together twenty eight years ago.
Retired Detective Frank Jacobs was appointed to the Port Authority Police Department in January 1975 and retired in August 2008. As a police officer he worked in the Patrol Division at the various Port Authority facilities. In 1992 he was promoted to the rank of Detective and worked at the Newark International Airport, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the DEA Narcotics Task Force, the Customs Task Force and the Joint Terrorist Task Force. During his career he was cited 7 times for bravery and exceptional police work. He has been credited with participation in the Port Authority Police Departments Narcotics interdiction program and has made and participated in over 250 felony narcotics arrests. In 1993 Frank responded to the World Trade Center Bombing and was instrumental in the search and rescue of many people. After the attack of September 11, 2001, he was assigned to the Intelligence Unit with the Joint Terrorist Task Force. During his career he received recognition from many governmental and law enforcement agencies. He has earned the respect of those he protected as well as those that served by his side. He was loved and will be missed by all.
Franks hobbies include a love for everything sports. He was the biggest Philadelphia Eagles fan, of course a Yankees fan too, and he followed Penn State ever since his son Michael attended there. Frank was completely devoted to Michael and couldn’t have been more proud of his son. They spoke on the phone regularly – often discussing sports in one way or another.
Frank and Lorraine enjoyed traveling together, especially Aruba where they visited frequently – seven or eight times over the years. Lorraine describes Frank as her “best friend” and has thirty four years worth of memories to cherish. Frank was lucky to be surrounded by such a devoted and loving family, including Lorraine’s mother, who he called “J”, and sister; Mary Ann.
Frank will be deeply missed by his beloved wife of thirty four years, Lorraine (nee Rafanello) his loving son; Michael Jacobs of Princeton, his dear “J”; Jennie Rafanello of Wayne, his sister-in-law; Mary Ann Lalicata and her husband Richard of East Hanover, one brother; William Jacobs and his wife Maureen of Verona, one sister; Kathleen Grossnick and her husband Tim of Wisconsin, as well as nieces and nephews; Deanna and Victor Galante, Sean and Patrick Jacobs, and his great-niece Gia Galante and great-nephew Jack Galante. Frank was predeceased by his parents, Ruth and Frank Sr.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Frank’s name are asked to consider the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association. For donation forms, please click on the link below.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Friday, September 12 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
September 10, 2008
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne on Friday, September 12 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral services will be held at 9 AM on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from the funeral home then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, 580 Ratzer Road, Wayne where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Interment will be at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ.
Frank E. Jacobs Jr., age 62 of Wayne, died on Wednesday September 10, 2008 at the Columbia University Hospital in New York City. He had been preparing for the installation of a special heart pump when his own heart failed just days shy of his scheduled surgery.
Frank was born in Passaic, NJ and grew up in Lyndhurst, graduating from Lyndhurst High School in 1963. He graduated from Jersey City State College in 1967, which is where he met and fell in love with his wife, Lorraine. They moved to Wayne together twenty eight years ago.
Retired Detective Frank Jacobs was appointed to the Port Authority Police Department in January 1975 and retired in August 2008. As a police officer he worked in the Patrol Division at the various Port Authority facilities. In 1992 he was promoted to the rank of Detective and worked at the Newark International Airport, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the DEA Narcotics Task Force, the Customs Task Force and the Joint Terrorist Task Force. During his career he was cited 7 times for bravery and exceptional police work. He has been credited with participation in the Port Authority Police Departments Narcotics interdiction program and has made and participated in over 250 felony narcotics arrests. In 1993 Frank responded to the World Trade Center Bombing and was instrumental in the search and rescue of many people. After the attack of September 11, 2001, he was assigned to the Intelligence Unit with the Joint Terrorist Task Force. During his career he received recognition from many governmental and law enforcement agencies. He has earned the respect of those he protected as well as those that served by his side. He was loved and will be missed by all.
Franks hobbies include a love for everything sports. He was the biggest Philadelphia Eagles fan, of course a Yankees fan too, and he followed Penn State ever since his son Michael attended there. Frank was completely devoted to Michael and couldn’t have been more proud of his son. They spoke on the phone regularly – often discussing sports in one way or another.
Frank and Lorraine enjoyed traveling together, especially Aruba where they visited frequently – seven or eight times over the years. Lorraine describes Frank as her “best friend” and has thirty four years worth of memories to cherish. Frank was lucky to be surrounded by such a devoted and loving family, including Lorraine’s mother, who he called “J”, and sister; Mary Ann.
Frank will be deeply missed by his beloved wife of thirty four years, Lorraine (nee Rafanello) his loving son; Michael Jacobs of Princeton, his dear “J”; Jennie Rafanello of Wayne, his sister-in-law; Mary Ann Lalicata and her husband Richard of East Hanover, one brother; William Jacobs and his wife Maureen of Verona, one sister; Kathleen Grossnick and her husband Tim of Wisconsin, as well as nieces and nephews; Deanna and Victor Galante, Sean and Patrick Jacobs, and his great-niece Gia Galante and great-nephew Jack Galante. Frank was predeceased by his parents, Ruth and Frank Sr.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Frank’s name are asked to consider the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association. For donation forms, please click on the link below.
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