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December 19, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A 4:30 PM funeral service will be held at the end of the visitation hours on Sunday.
Interment will be 9:30 AM in the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery on Monday, December 23, 2013.
Frank Locarno age 91 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Thursday, December 19, 2013.
He was born in Clifton and raised on Troast Court in Clifton having attended Clifton High School with the Class of 1940. He excelled at football and played club football against many area teams before professional football came to be.
Frank enlisted in the United States Navy on November 12, 1942 and served until he was honorably discharged on December 24, 1945. He received the Good Conduct Medal, American Theatre Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal and the WWII Victory Medal for his service.
Before his service in the Navy he worked for the U.S. Rubber Company in Passaic. When he returned from his service he again worked for the company having a career with them that spanned thirty years, working his way up from a laborer to foreman. After U.S. Rubber closed it’s doors he continued his career in the rubber industry having worked for Elasco Fab, Ames, and Dayco companies before retiring in 1986.
Frank enjoyed deep sea fishing, rock and gem hunting and making jewelry out of semi-precious gems. He was a perfectionist who didn’t consider something done until it was done right. Frank enjoyed landscaping, gardening and many enjoyed his tomatoes, dahlias, and peonies. He traveled the Continental United States several times both in a Ford Van and a Volkswagen Vanagon that he had customized himself. He was quiet, reserved, and given a challenge he would tackle just about anything.
He was the beloved husband of sixty-five years to Julia (Rogala) Locarno; devoted father of Michael Locarno and his wife Lisa of Kinnelon; cherished grandfather of Nicholas and Jennifer Locarno; dear brother of Gloria Locarno of Melbourne, FL and the late Hugo Locarno.
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Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A 4:30 PM funeral service will be held at the end of the visitation hours on Sunday.
Interment will be 9:30 AM in the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery on Monday, December 23, 2013.
December 19, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 2-5 PM on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, NJ 07470.
A 4:30 PM funeral service will be held at the end of the visitation hours on Sunday.
Interment will be 9:30 AM in the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery on Monday, December 23, 2013.
Frank Locarno age 91 of Wayne passed peacefully at home on Thursday, December 19, 2013.
He was born in Clifton and raised on Troast Court in Clifton having attended Clifton High School with the Class of 1940. He excelled at football and played club football against many area teams before professional football came to be.
Frank enlisted in the United States Navy on November 12, 1942 and served until he was honorably discharged on December 24, 1945. He received the Good Conduct Medal, American Theatre Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal and the WWII Victory Medal for his service.
Before his service in the Navy he worked for the U.S. Rubber Company in Passaic. When he returned from his service he again worked for the company having a career with them that spanned thirty years, working his way up from a laborer to foreman. After U.S. Rubber closed it’s doors he continued his career in the rubber industry having worked for Elasco Fab, Ames, and Dayco companies before retiring in 1986.
Frank enjoyed deep sea fishing, rock and gem hunting and making jewelry out of semi-precious gems. He was a perfectionist who didn’t consider something done until it was done right. Frank enjoyed landscaping, gardening and many enjoyed his tomatoes, dahlias, and peonies. He traveled the Continental United States several times both in a Ford Van and a Volkswagen Vanagon that he had customized himself. He was quiet, reserved, and given a challenge he would tackle just about anything.
He was the beloved husband of sixty-five years to Julia (Rogala) Locarno; devoted father of Michael Locarno and his wife Lisa of Kinnelon; cherished grandfather of Nicholas and Jennifer Locarno; dear brother of Gloria Locarno of Melbourne, FL and the late Hugo Locarno.
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