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February 6, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, February 10, 2017 from 3-6:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6:30 PM Funeral Service will be held at the conclusion of the visitation hours on Friday.
Michael P. Frank, Sr., age 90 a sixty year resident of Haledon, passed peacefully at home on Monday, February 6, 2017.
He was born to the late John and Pauline Frank, and raised in Jersey City. Mike graduated from Dickerson High School in Jersey City with the Class of 1944 and was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Jersey City for many years.
Mike was a United States Navy Veteran of WWII where he served with the Seabees whose motto was “we build, we fight.” He would relate stories of building air strips and Kwanzaa huts while serving in the Philippines and China. Mike received the American Theatre Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and the World War II Victory Medal for his service.
After his service in the military, Mike worked a lifelong career with in the telephone industry having worked for Western Electric and AT&T Technologies in Fair Lawn and Kearny, New Jersey.
Mike met and fell in love with Emilia Kurylka and they married on May 8, 1948 at Saint Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Jersey City. Their marriage was blessed with three children: Carol, Michele, and Michael.
Mike was a natural athlete who played baseball in high school and in area semi-pro leagues as a pitcher, including the Clifton Phillies, for many years. In 1980, Mike was inducted into Bergen County’s Baseball Hall of Fame. He was a dedicated New York Yankee fan and was always watching games on television. An avid bowler he sometimes bowled three times a week. Another of his loves was gardening. He would grow fruits and vegetables, and his favorite herb parsley. Mike was also a Mr.-Fix-It. He could adjust, fix, and make just about anything he put his mind to. And once his mind was made up about something, step aside because he was as determined and strong willed as they come.
He was also dedicated to helping others. He was a volunteer fireman for the Haledon Fire Company 1 for over forty years and also served as a Councilman for the Borough of Haledon for twelve years as well.
Mike was the loving husband of almost 67 years to the late Emilia Frank (2015); devoted father of Michele Frank of Oak Ridge, Michael Frank, Jr. of Haledon, the late Carol Ann Chryscine (2012) and her surviving husband Peter Chryscine of Wayne; he was also the loved brother of Dorothy Chabin and her husband John of Colorado, Mary Cecere of Florida, and the late Ann Cozzi, John, Julius, Paul, Edward Frank.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Lustgarten Foundation, 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714 or the Michael J. Fox Foundation, 469 7th Ave., NY, NY 10018 would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family on Friday, February 10, 2017 from 3-6:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6:30 PM Funeral Service will be held at the conclusion of the visitation hours on Friday.
February 6, 2017
Services
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, February 10, 2017 from 3-6:30 PM at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A 6:30 PM Funeral Service will be held at the conclusion of the visitation hours on Friday.
Michael P. Frank, Sr., age 90 a sixty year resident of Haledon, passed peacefully at home on Monday, February 6, 2017.
He was born to the late John and Pauline Frank, and raised in Jersey City. Mike graduated from Dickerson High School in Jersey City with the Class of 1944 and was a parishioner of Saint Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Jersey City for many years.
Mike was a United States Navy Veteran of WWII where he served with the Seabees whose motto was “we build, we fight.” He would relate stories of building air strips and Kwanzaa huts while serving in the Philippines and China. Mike received the American Theatre Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and the World War II Victory Medal for his service.
After his service in the military, Mike worked a lifelong career with in the telephone industry having worked for Western Electric and AT&T Technologies in Fair Lawn and Kearny, New Jersey.
Mike met and fell in love with Emilia Kurylka and they married on May 8, 1948 at Saint Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Jersey City. Their marriage was blessed with three children: Carol, Michele, and Michael.
Mike was a natural athlete who played baseball in high school and in area semi-pro leagues as a pitcher, including the Clifton Phillies, for many years. In 1980, Mike was inducted into Bergen County’s Baseball Hall of Fame. He was a dedicated New York Yankee fan and was always watching games on television. An avid bowler he sometimes bowled three times a week. Another of his loves was gardening. He would grow fruits and vegetables, and his favorite herb parsley. Mike was also a Mr.-Fix-It. He could adjust, fix, and make just about anything he put his mind to. And once his mind was made up about something, step aside because he was as determined and strong willed as they come.
He was also dedicated to helping others. He was a volunteer fireman for the Haledon Fire Company 1 for over forty years and also served as a Councilman for the Borough of Haledon for twelve years as well.
Mike was the loving husband of almost 67 years to the late Emilia Frank (2015); devoted father of Michele Frank of Oak Ridge, Michael Frank, Jr. of Haledon, the late Carol Ann Chryscine (2012) and her surviving husband Peter Chryscine of Wayne; he was also the loved brother of Dorothy Chabin and her husband John of Colorado, Mary Cecere of Florida, and the late Ann Cozzi, John, Julius, Paul, Edward Frank.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Lustgarten Foundation, 1111 Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714 or the Michael J. Fox Foundation, 469 7th Ave., NY, NY 10018 would be greatly appreciated.
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