Frank P. Majuri

Frank Paul Majuri, age 60 of Wayne died at his home on Friday, November 5, 2021. His life was tragically and needlessly taken by another person.

Frank was born in Paterson and grew up at 23 Meadow Drive in Totowa until he was five years old. At that time, he moved with his family to 110 Osage Road in Wayne. That was home through Frank’s freshman year at Wayne Valley High School where he played on the school’s football team – the Indians. In fact, Frank had been playing football since the age of seven when his father started him the peewee league at the Wayne PAL.  By the time his sophomore year of high school started, Frank’s family moved once again, this time to 52 Osceola Road in the Pines Lake section of Wayne. With the move came a necessary change of high schools for Frank. He began attending Wayne Hills High School where, again he made the football team and played the next three years for the Patriots until graduating with the Class of 1979. During those years, Frank was known for two things, his black “Smokey and the Bandit” styled Pontiac Trans Am complete with giant gold eagle decal on the hood, and his love for weight lifting. Frank started lifting weights when he was fifteen. Consequently, he got so pumped, he was often called Rocky after the famous character Rocky Balboa that Sylvester Stallone played in the movie “Rocky.

Frank attended Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, then went to work as a Bobst Die Cutter for Dane Paperboard Inc., the family business in Wood Ridge that specialized in packaging printing.

Frank was one of the most loving and gentle souls you could ever have the privilege of knowing. His outlook and demeanor was always so positive that you couldn’t help but feel your spirits lift when you were in his presence. He was so genuinely appreciative of little acts of kindness, always asked for so little in life and he never complained about anything.

Frank was a happy person who loved the company of family and friends, and throughout his life he walked hand-in-hand with God his Father in heaven. For the last twenty-five years, he faithfully attended Mass at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Pompton Lakes. Before the Covid Pandemic of 2020 Frank could always be seen at the Sunday 10:30 mass and since recently returning to in-person worship, he attended both the Saturday night mass at 5:00 PM and the Sunday afternoon mass at 12:00 noon. For the past seven years, Frank served as one of the church’s ushers who always greeted parishioners with his big smile and an encouraging word. When you were greeted at church by Frank, you couldn’t help but experience God’s love which just overflowed out of his heart. He loved volunteering to serve at the church and consequently also enjoyed helping out with counting the weekly collections.  

Many years ago, Frank’s love of people and desire to help others led him to volunteer at the Wayne Public Library. He served there for a time before deciding to offer a hand to help in any capacity desired at the Free Public Library in Bloomingdale. He had been at the Bloomingdale Library for the past 23 years and was very loved and respected. When asked by library staff to share some memories of Frank, he was described as a team player who performed his meaningful chores meticulously while being courteous, gentle and thoughtful to all. It was the little things in life that Frank so enjoyed…a kind smile or tender hug. His compassionate soul and heartfelt friendship will be deeply missed by patrons and borough employees.

Frank had a real ability to enjoy the simple things of life. On Saturdays you could be sure to find him with his father Martin and his buddies Dennis, Ralph and Mario at the Meadowlands Race Track. The day typically started at 10:00 AM and, included lunch, and usually ended around 4:00 PM. Sometimes they’d win and sometimes they’d lose, but you can bet they always had a good time, and it was a great tradition.  He loved music and found that a couple of his favorite venues for hearing live music included the free summer concerts at the Wayne Public Library and going to Vet Fest which was a concert and fundraiser to help homeless veterans who had fallen on hard times in their lives. Frank also liked watching Christian programming on television. A couple of his favorite inspiring and Godly men included the famous evangelist Billy Graham and Dr. David Jeremiah.

When speaking of some of Frank’s greatest loves, one would be remiss if they didn’t mention Frank’s immense love of food. Culinary great Julia Child once said, “People who love to eat are always the best people.” Well, if you believe that, then Frank was definitely one of the best people ever known to man! Frank never turned down a meal and there were always plenty of suitors to feed his love of food. Frank enjoyed a regular practice of dinner at his sister Doreen’s house every Sunday and during the week too. He always loved it so much and would be so complimentary enthusiastically exclaiming, “Doreen! This is the best! This is so good, it’s restaurant quality!” Family friend Dawn Dellavecchia must have been a great cook too because Frank never turned down an invitation from her either. Frank will also always have fond memories of picking up his Uncle Butchie on Sunday morning to take him to church. Afterwards, they’d head over to Frank’s parent’s house to pick them up and then off the four of them would go for a nice lunch at Portobello’s in Oakland, Monica’s in Pompton Lakes or Positano’s in Wayne. Of course, all that good food had a tendency of putting on the pounds but Frank had the solution for that too. Did you ever hear of an organization called Weight Watchers? Well, Frank did. He was a regular member and since he generally liked to be in the company of groups of people, Frank figured that his eating habits no only afforded him the immense joy of eating, it also gave him the excuse to join another group. Talk about a win-win! Frank originally belonged to the Weight Watchers group that met at the Elks Lodge on Hinchman Ave in Wayne. More recently, he had been attending the group that met at the Route 23 location in Riverdale. He would go every Wednesday at 9:30 with his sister Doreen. Frank would secretly confide to Doreen that he loved the female to male ratio at his meetings but, being a bit shy, he would always admire from a distance. He loved seeing the results of his efforts and was feeling better and better. In search of his inner Rocky Balboa and coinciding with his participation at Weight Watchers Frank was currently working with a personal trainer at LA Fitness. He attended twice a week working out for thirty minutes each on the treadmill and stationary bicycle, then working one-on-one with his personal trainer. He was getting stronger and he was loving it.

Along with God and people in general, Frank held an immensely special place in his heart for his family. His parents meant the world to him. As they got on in years, he was always concerned for their welfare and happiness. He would speak often about genuinely enjoying the time spent with them and he always desired to bring a little joy into their lives on a daily basis. He adored his sisters too. He loved eating over their houses and going with Doreen to Weight Watchers. Fond memories also included riding dirt bikes together with his sister Donna through the woods behind their house in Pines Lake, racing go-carts with Donna at the RPM Raceway in Jersey City and going with Donna, Dawn Dellavecchia, and Uncle Butchie to catch the NJ Jackals play a NCAA division 3 minor league baseball game at Yogi Berra Stadium at Montclair State University.

Frank will be missed for his huge smile, generous heart, and gentle soul. He was content with little that this world tries to tempt us with choosing instead to focus on the important things of life like letting his light shine for God wherever he went and with whomever he met.

Frank was predeceased by his very loving parents Roseann Majuri (nee DeFrancesco) in 2015 and Martin Majuri in 2017. He leaves behind his heartbroken and adored sisters Doreen Majuri of Wayne and Donna Majuri of Pompton Lakes; his dear niece and nephew: Tina Rose Calafiore and fiancé Nate Debos of Landings, NJ, and Doren and wife Jaclyn Calafiore of Pompton Plains; his sidekick Uncle David Quinn, Jr. (aka “Uncle Butchie”) of Pompton Lakes, his dear elderly Aunts Jean Rizutti and Grace Cooper both of Spring Hill, FL; and his awesome cousins: Tony and wife Rita Tuminello, Joe Tuminello and partner Joan Boylan, Theresa and husband Bill Poindexter, and Diane and husband Bryan Turner. Frank was also predeceased by his dear Aunt Olivia Tuminello and his Purple Heart recipient Uncle Frank Paul Majuri who Frank was named after and who lost his life during World War II when the U.S. Navy destroyer ship he was serving aboard, the USS Harden, was lost in the Pacific when it came upon a Japanese Kamikaze attack on April 16, 1945.

Those planning an expression of sympathy in Frank’s name are asked to consider one of two charitable organizations:

St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
17 Pompton Avenue
Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442
Please indicate that your gift is in memory of Frank Majuri

Bloomingdale Free Public Library
101 Hamburg Turnpike #1
Bloomingdale, NJ 07403
Please indicate that your gift is in memory of Frank Majuri