Frank A. Faragasso's Obituary
FRANK FARAGASSO JR. FEB 4TH. 1932 – SEPT. 17TH. 2121
BORN IN BROOKLYN, NY. SERVED IN THE US AIRFORCE DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WAS DISCHARGED WITH HONORS. AFTER SERVING IN THE MILITARY, HE WORKED AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE. AN AVID SPORTS LOVER, HE WAS ALSO A DYNAMIC FOOTBALL COACH AND FRIEND TO MANY! HE WAS A GRAND KNIGHT AT COUNCIL 60 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN BROOKLYN IN 1966. HE LATER MOVED TO LONG ISLAND NY WHERE HE ENJOYED MANY YEARS MANAGING A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT AND PUB. A LOVING BROTHER TO LORETTA RIVOLI AND JACK FARAGASSO, BROTHER IN LAW TO LOUIS RIVOLI SR. LOVING UNCLE TO DENISE RIVOLI ACERRA, SALVATORE ACERRA, LOUIS RIVOLI JR. AND LISA RIVOLI. GREAT UNCLE TO LOUIS RIVOLI III, DANIELLE RIVOLI, JAMES RIVOLI AND CHRISTOPHER RIVOLI AS WELL AS A GREAT GREAT UNCLE TO MEADOW RIVOLI AND SAGE RIVOLI. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS MOTHER GERTRUDE FARAGASSO, FATHER FRANK FARAGASSO SR. AND BROTHERS DAVID FARAGASSO AND ROBERT FARAGASSO . OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN OVER THE LOSS OF THIS GREAT MAN. HE WAS TAKEN FROM US BY COVID. MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2021 AT MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA AT 1:00 PM. MEMORIAL MASSES AT ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH OCT. 9TH AND 10TH AS WELL AS ON JANUARY 12TH. 2022 AT 5:30 PM. BURIAL AT THE CEMETARY OF THE HOLY ROOD, WESTBURY, LONG ISLAND, NY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH. 2021 AND MEMORIAL MASS AT ST. JOSEPHS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GARDEN CITY, NY ON FEBRUARY 4TH. 2022 AT 12:00 NOON.
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