Frank J.

Carbone, Sr

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Frank J. Carbone, Sr, 72, of Fairfield, formerly of Sandy Hook and Newtown, died February 12, with his family by his side. Born in Bridgeport to Jacqueline (Gagner) Carbone and James B. Carbone, he was a lifelong area resident.

He was a graduate of Fairfield Prep, Class of 1958, and attended Fairfield University. Mr Carbone was the owner of Metal Resource in Southbury, owner of the former Player’s Tavern Restaurant in New London, N.H., and formerly the executive vice president of Fairfield Scrap Iron & Metal Company. He was a member of the Institute of Scrap Iron & Steel.

Mr Carbone loved the outdoors, and was an avid cross country skier and trained horses.

His loving children, Jill Kulmann, and her husband John, Lauren Bentley, and her husband Roger, and Frank J. Carbone, Jr, survive Mr Carbone. He will also be dearly missed by his devoted mother, Jacqueline Carbone of Fairfield; his sister, Bonita “Boni” Lucas, and her husband John; four brothers and their wives, James and Joan, Richard and Aimee, Dino, and Christopher and Tracy; his two grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; several nieces and nephews, and grandnieces and nephews.

Funeral services took place February 16. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.

Memorial contributions may be made to VITAS Innovative Hospice, 99 Hawley Lane, Suite 1204, Stratford CT 06614.

To send an online condolence, visit www.shaughnesseybanks.com.

The Newtown Bee        February 17, 2012