ANDERSON, FRANCIS A

A funeral mass was offered March 2 at St. Aedan’s Church, Jersey City, for Francis A. “Frank” Anderson, a life-long Jersey City resident. He died on his 70th birthday, Feb. 26, at home, surrounded by his family. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1959 through 1964. He was the manager of Abramson’s Jewelers, Bayonne, from 1971-1989, then bought the business in 1989 and served the Bayonne community ever since. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and previously a member of the Saint Dominic Academy Father’s Club and Hudson Catholic Father’s Club. He was the beloved husband of Maureen (Rankin), the devoted father of Denise Anderson-Bosco and her spouse Paula, Patricia Rooth and her spouse Jerry, Joseph Anderson and his spouse Nancy, Joyce Reis and her spouse John, the grandfather of Jerry Rooth, Nicole Rooth, Jennifer Reis, Meghan Anderson and Dylan Anderson-Bosco, and the dear brother of Marie Siddons and the late George Anderson, Winifred Lynch, Joseph Anderson, Vincent Anderson, and William Anderson. Services arranged by the G. Keenen O’Brien Funeral Home, Bayonne.

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