Frank Lanzafame
Passed away on March 26, 2023, born February 4, 1941 to Nancy and Joseph Lanzafame in Rochester, NY. He was happily married to the girl next door for 60 years. He married Helen (Cupolo) Lanzafame in 1962 and together they had four children – Anne Marie, Joseph, John (Mary Olsen-Lanzafame) and Mary (Todd Braaten). He is also survived by his sister-in-law Mary Jo Cupolo and many cousins including Dorothy Pecoraro, Rita and Mike Rose and family, and the Lipari and Lanzafame families. He graduated from Saint John Fisher College in 1962 and received his PhD from the University of Rochester in 1968. He taught chemistry at Monroe Community College for over30 years. He enjoyed Italian movies, classical and jazz music. He enjoyed his retirement watching and sharing Italian movies at the Casa Italiana and the IACC.
Calling hours will be Wednesday from 4-7pm at Dierna Funeral Home 2309 Culver Rd. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday 10am at Peace of Christ Parish at St. James Church. Private Interment. In lieu of flowers, he requested that mourners listen to Mozart’s Requiem in silence.
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God Bless our Aquinas Brother.
Very sad to read of Frank’s passing. He was a great man , smart, cultured and will
be greatly missed. Paul Fine MD
I am sad to learn of Frank’s passing. I knew Frank when we were teenagers at a time when our parents were close friends and heavily involved in the United Commercial Travelers. Frank and I graduated from different high schools and we lost contact beyond that. My condolences to his wife and family
My sincere condolences to the Lanzafame Family. Frank was our Classmate @ St. Bridget’s & my late Husband Sal & I were so happy to see him several years ago @ lunch with some of our other classmates. His family were customers @ my Dad’s Grocery Store in the old neighborhood. God Bless you all @ this difficult time & may he R.I.P.
Frank and I got to know each other during the spring of 1956, our sophomore year at Aquinas. We were working on the play Kiss Me Kate and somehow became good friends. He was music and chemistry, I was math and science. We both liked plays. We stayed in touch until Covid came along. Luncheons and emails did it. Then there were the ROMEOs. Retired Old Men Eating Out mostly at the old dive the Golden Fox across from the old Alhart’s emporium of radios and TVs. Failing health saw me in and out of hospitals and we lost contact. Good by my friend
Happy Heaven,
Jim Blackburn ‘58