Frank was born in 1925 in Liberty Corner, NJ. A true family man, he was predeceased by the love of his life, Yvette Beatty (Bensley) in 1992 after 40 years of marriage. Frank and Yvette are survived by their three children; Nanette Beatty, married to Brian McArdle, Hampton, NJ, Denise Beatty, married to William Oliver, Branchville, NJ and Michael S. Beatty, married to Christine Ritter Beatty, Leesburg, FL and three grandchildren; Cameron McArdle, Katharine Sullivan McArdle and Joshua Michael Beatty.
A proud World War II US Army veteran, Frank was a Rifleman in the 99th Infantry Division during the decisive 1945 “Battle of the Bulge” in Belgium where he fought from a slit trench for nine weeks during a brutal winter to help defend the Elsenborn Ridge, the only segment of the US defensive line never breached by German Army attacks. He then fought in various campaigns right to end of the war and was involved in the liberation of the infamous Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. For his war-time service, Frank was awarded both the Bronze Star and the NJ Distinguished Service Medal.
After his return from the war, Frank attended Lafayette College where he received a BS degree in Mining Engineering. He would later become an internationally-recognized Construction Director/Manager for Combustion Engineering/Lummus Co. in Bloomfield, NJ where he led development and completion of large-scale projects in the energy & natural resources industries around the globe; in the US, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Brazil. Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. Noteworthy, was his four-year leadership of the successful build of what was, at the time, the largest natural gas liquefaction (LNG) plant in the world at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
Frank grew up on his parents’ Phareloch Farm, a 180-acre working farm in Liberty Corner, NJ and later enjoyed principal residences in Branchville, NJ, Manchester, CT and Randolph, NJ where he and Yvette lived for many years.
A generous and gracious man with a sense of humor, Frank Beatty will be remembered fondly by all who came to know him. A memorial is planned for the future. He has been laid to rest next to his adoring wife, Yvette, in Somerset Hills Memorial Park in Basking Ridge, NJ not far from where he was born and raised.
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