Funeral Mass Thursday For Francis X. Ventrice

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Funeral Mass Thursday For Francis X. Ventrice

Francis "Frank" Xavier Ventrice of Livingston died Sunday, December 6, at the age of 86. A funeral Mass will be offered today, Thursday, December 10, at 10 a.m. in St. Philomena Church, 386 South Livingston Avenue. Entombment will follow at the Gate of Heaven Mausoleum, 225 Ridgedale Avenue, East Hanover. Mr. Ventrice was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Livingston in 1964. He worked as a chemist for Alcatel-Lucent in Murray Hill, and part-time for the Livingston Water Treatment Center. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, and was a member of the Livingston Knights of Columbus, Council No. 3533. Mr. Ventrice is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marguerita (nee Pascullo); his children, Peter and his wife, Mary Beth; Christy Kosaitis and her husband, Steve; and Joseph and his wife, Loren; his brother, John "Buddy" Ventrice; and two grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother, Donald. ...

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