Firefighter
Frank Bonomo
Engine 230
Memorial Service was held
on October 2, 2001
Even
when he came home bone-tired from fighting fires and running a family
video business, Frank J. Bonomo mustered the energy
to fashion a putting green alongside his ranch-style house in Port Jefferson,
N.Y. For four months, he worked with childlike enthusiasm, laying sod,
pouring sand and sinking cups. He finished last July. "It was the only
thing in our house that he did on his own without hiring anyone to help," said
his wife, Margarite. Frank Bonomo, 42, a New York City firefighter for
17 years, cherished the time he spent with his wife and their children,
Joseph, 5, and Juliana, 2. He spent his entire career at Engine Company
230 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. His friends at the firehouse remember
his great sense of humor. "He was a devoted family man," said Ted DiPasquale,
a neighbor and a colleague of Firefighter Bonomo for 12 years. "I have
two daughters, and Frank used to joke that I had to do a special thing
to have a son. He never got around to telling me what that was." (Legacy.com
Article)
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