Frank J. Bonomo: Golf and
Fatherhood
Even
when he came home bone-tired from fighting fires and
running a family video business, Frank J. Bonomo mustered
the energy to fashion a putting green alongside his
ranch-style house in Port Jefferson, N.Y.
For four months, he worked with childlike enthusiasm,
laying sod, pouring sand and sinking cups. He finished
last July.
"It was the only thing in our house that he did on his
own without hiring anyone to help" said his wife,
Margarite. Frank Bonomo, 42, a New York City firefighter
for 17 years, cherished the time he spent with his wife
and their children, Joseph, 5, and Juliana, 2. He spent
his entire career at Engine Company 230 in
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. His friends at the
firehouse remember his great sense of humor.
"He was a devoted family man," said Ted DiPasquale, a
neighbor and a colleague of Firefighter Bonomo for 12
years. "I have two daughters, and Frank used to joke that
I had to do a special thing to have a son. He never got
around to telling me what that was."
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