Criscuolo, Francis Patrick—On Tuesday, July 9th, 2019, Frank Criscuolo, loving husband, devoted father, beloved brother and son, passed away at the age of 59 following a multitude of heath challenges.
Frank was born on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1960 in New York, NY to Frank and Gloria Criscuolo. Two years later, his sister Karen was born, completing the family.
Raised in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan, Frank honed his athletic skills on the streets and playgrounds of the city, particularly basketball and stickball.
The family moved to Westwood, New Jersey as Frank entered his teens, reuniting with his cousins who had moved from the same Manhattan neighborhood a decade before. Frank graduated from Westwood High School in 1978, and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Kutztown University in 1982.
Frank parlayed his gift of gab and riotous sense of humor into a highly successful sales career in the computer industry working for companies including NCR, Siemens-Nixdorf, Oracle, Microsoft, and Cisco.
Shortly after marrying the love of his life, Virginia, in 1996, the couple moved to downtown Chicago, where Frank became an avid Cubs fan and the proud father of Gina Alice.
The growing family returned to northern New Jersey to be closer to the rest of the clan. Just in time, as Gina was soon joined by sister Nikki Frances. The perfect family of four became an instant and overjoyed family of six when twins Tori Marie and Michael Cole were born.
Frank passed his athleticism on to his children, allowing him to combine his two greatest passions: his love of sports and his love for his children. He was there for each step: in the gym for all of Gina’s varsity basketball games and in the stands for Nikki’s track and cross-country meets at Pascack Valley High School. Frank also coached Tori’s soccer teams and Michael’s baseball teams—and when he wasn’t coaching—he was there on the sidelines.
A lifelong fan of the New York Rangers and New York Jets, Frank took great pleasure from the Blueshirts run to the Stanley Cup in 1994, but the hometown games were always his favorite.
Frank is predeceased by his father. He is survived by his wife, Virginia (Bragg), his four children, Gina, Nikki, Tori, and Michael; his mother Gloria Cole, his sister Karen Reich; brother-in-law Steve; nieces Julianne and Carly; cousins Andy, Stephen, Michael, and Jenny, and their families.
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