Obituary of Francis "Frank" Maffe Jr.

Francis “Frank” A.  Maffe Jr., 81, of Manchester, the husband of Kathleen R. (Reilly) Maffe died on March 17, 2019.  Born in East Hartford to Francis Sr. and Anna A. (Sullivan) Maffe, he graduated from East Hartford High School in 1955, went on to graduate from Morse College in 1959 where he served as class President and also graduated from University of Connecticut in 1966 with a B.S.  He retired from Hall & Muska, Inc. where he was President and formerly the Registrar of Voters in Manchester for 8 years.  Frank formerly served as a Board of Director & Vice-President of Manchester Employees Credit Union, Board of Director of the Manchester Scholarship Foundation, Chairman of the Town of Manchester Building Committee, Member of Campbell Council Knights of Columbus & Past Grand Knight and past District Deputy, Member and Treasurer of the Manchester Democratic Town Committee and formerly Chairman of the First District, Former member of Manchester UNICO, Member of the Manchester Board of Education for twelve years & served as its secretary, Member of the Fleet Bank Advisory Board, Member of the Manchester Zoning Board of Appeals and Former Member of the Manchester Buckland Advisory Committee for the Buckland Industrial Park.

Besides his wife, Frank is survived by his children Francis A. Maffe III and his wife Lori of Acworth, GA, Keith A. Maffe and his wife Susan of Middletown, Kimberly S. Rowe and her husband Thomas of Middlefield, Tricia Antico and Richard Skarzynski and his wife Andrea; his grandchildren Joshua, Emily, Benjamin, Justin, Sean, Adam, Patrick, Connor and Dylan; his great grandchildren Richard Orion and Aidan; his sister-in-law Carol D. Maffe of East Hartford and several nieces and nephews.  He was also predeceased by his wife Joan “Cris” (DeCarli) Maffe and his brother John C. Maffe.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, March 22^nd at 11 a.m. at the John F. Tierney Funeral Home 219 West Center Street, Manchester, followed by burial in Buckland Cemetery 1210 Tolland Tpke, Manchester. Family and friends may call at the funeral home Friday morning from 10-11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Maffe Foundation c/o Manchester Scholarship Foundation 20 Hartford Rd Manchester, CT 06040. For online condolences please visit www.tierneyfuneralhome.com