Frank A. Bocchino, Sr., 86, of Jefferson Twp., formerly of Norwood, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015.\u00a0 Beloved husband of Carol (nee Morone).\u00a0\u00a0 Cherished father of Cheryl Lucious and husband Monte of Norwood, Karen Elliott of Gloucester, MA, Michelle Spafford and husband Dennis of Inverness, FL, Frank Jr. and wife Laura of Norwood and Mark and wife Melba of Norwood.\u00a0 Adored grandfather of seventeen and great-grandfather of twelve.\u00a0 Dearest brother of Michael and wife Marianna of Brick, and Joseph of Little Egg Harbor.\u00a0 He was predeceased by his wife Betty, brother Charles \u201cChubby\u201d and his wife Joan sister, Barbara Caruso and her husband August and son-in-law John Elliott.<\/p>\n
Frank was a master plumber who owned Michael F. Bocchino and Sons Plumbing in Norwood.<\/p>\n
Frank dedicated his life to the fire service.\u00a0 He was President of the NJ State Firemen\u2019s Association from 1994-2003 after having served as executive and vice-president for many years.\u00a0 He was a 63 year life member of the Norwood Volunteer Fire Department where he was Chief 1971-72, Firefighter of the Year in 1977 and was proud to be their chaplain for many years. Frank was also a life member of the NJ State Exempt Firemen\u2019s Association, where he was also past president and the NJ\/NY Firemen\u2019s Association.\u00a0 Frank was an active parishioner of Immaculate Conception RC Church, Norwood and was a Eucharistic minister.\u00a0 He served in the National Guard from 1946-53.\u00a0 Frank was also one of the founders of Little League Baseball in Norwood.<\/p>\n
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday 10:00 AM at Immaculate Conception with interment to follow at Rockland Cemetery, Sparkill, NY.\u00a0 Visiting hours are Thursday 2-4 and 6-9 PM at Pizzi Funeral Home, 120 Paris Avenue, Northvale 201-767-3050.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, donations to the NJ Firemen\u2019s Home, 565 Lathrop Ave., Boonton, NJ 07005 would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n
www.pizzifuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frank A. Bocchino, Sr., 86, of Jefferson Twp., formerly of Norwood, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2015.\u00a0 Beloved husband of Carol (nee Morone).\u00a0\u00a0 Cherished father of Cheryl Lucious and husband Monte of Norwood, Karen Elliott of Gloucester, MA, Michelle Spafford and husband Dennis of Inverness, FL, Frank Jr. and wife Laura of Norwood and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices","category-obituaries","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n