FRANK WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN NY AND SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN MALDEN MA GRADUATING FROM WINTHROP HIGHSCHOOL IN 1949. IN HIGHSCHOOL HE PLAYED FIRST CHAIR VIOLIN AND VIOLA. HE RECEIEVED HIS BS IN CHEMISTRY FROM NORTHEASTERN UNINVERSITY IN 1954. HE MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE MARIE GRITOLLO THAT SAME YEAR. THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN MARIAN, KATHERINE, ROSE, RALPH AND FRANK JR. MARIE DIED OF CANCER IN 1989.

HE THEN MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE CAROLYN PARI IN 1991. THE FAMILY WAS THEN BLENDED WITH CAROLYN'S 2 CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE CARMEN AND CHRISTOPHER.

FRANK SPENT HIS CAREER AS A CHEMIST SPECIALIZING IN PIGMENTS AND DYES. HE RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS IN 1963. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY FOR 64 YEARS. HE WAS A PLASTICS EXPERT BECOMING A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS IN 1994. HE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE COLOR AND APPEARANCE DIVISION IN 1998. HE RETIRED FROM HOECHST-CELANESE IN COVENTRY RI IN 1994. HE THEN STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS SELLING PIGMENTS AND DYES TO JAYSYNTH DYESTUFF (INDIA) FOR 5 YEARS BEFORE FINALLY RETIRING. FRANK HAD A LOVE FOR THE SEA. NO MATTER WHERE HE LIVED HE ALWAYS OWNED A BOAT.HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AUXILLARY COAST GUARD FOR 42 YEARS AND HAD HIS CAPTAINS LICENSE. IN THE AUXILLARY HE WAS A COMMANDER OF THE NORTHERN STAR IN WARWICK RI AND WAS ALSO A COMMANDER IN THE BIG PINE KEY FLOTILLA 13 IN FL. HE RECEIVED THE COMMANDER CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE AUXILARY IN 2000. HE WOULD GO OUT ON PATROLS AND HELP WITH SEARCH AND RESCUE. HE ENJOYED TEACHING MANY CLASSES FOR THE COAST GUARD AUXIALLRY OVER THE YEARS AS WELL AS BOAT SAFETY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE KEY WEST NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HAD MANY RESPONSIBILITIES PROMOTING WILDLIFE PERSERVATION. HE LOVED HIS RETIREMENT IN THE KEYS HE SAID IT WAS LIKE LIVING IN PARADISE.

FRANK IS PREDECEASED BY HIS FIRST WIFE MARIE AND HIS DAUGHTER KATHERINE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SECOND WIFE CAROLYN AND HER 2 SONS HIS DAUGHTER MARIAN AND GRANDSON JOHN TRAVERS HIS DAUGHTER ROSE AND SON IN LAW JEREMY KOPF HIS SON RALPH AND HIS SON FRANK DAUGHTER IN LAW LAURIE AND GRANDDAUGHTER LISA FASANO.

ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO KEY WEST MORTUARY.