DELLE DONNA, FRANK E.

A funeral mass took place Dec. 1 at Our Lady of Libera Church for Frank E. ‘Yankee’ Delle Donna, 83, of North Bergen. He passed away Nov. 27 surrounded by his family. Son of the late Mae and George Delle Donna, Frank was a lifelong resident of North Bergen. A parishioner of Our Lady of Libera Church, he was the past president of the Holy Name Society and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a retired truck driver for A&P Sheet Metal in Maywood. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy; children Frank Delle Donna and his wife Barbara , Marietta Di Paolo and her husband Dennis, George Delle Donna and his wife Theresa, former Guttenberg Mayor David Delle Donna and his wife Anna, Maria Bott and her husband John; brother of John, Joseph and Patricia Savino; and brother in law Anthony Egizi; also survived by his nieces Roberta Stalknecht and her husband Peter and Patricia LaCarrubba; grandfather of Nicole and John Lopez, Denise and Michael Garcia, Michael and Joanna Delle Donna, Joseph and Dana Tavano, and Samantha Bott, Patrick , Jane, Stefanie, Dorothy, Paul and Tessa Delle Donna; great grandfather of Jayden, Jianna, Luke, Mia, Joseph and Nicholas. Services arranged by the Vainieri Funeral Home, North Bergen.

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