Frank G. Barbetta Jr.

Frank G. Barbetta, Jr. passed away in his Little Falls home on March 5, 2023 at the age of 74. Frank was born June 3, 1948 in Jersey City, NJ. He grew up in Saddle Brook, NJ and was a 1966 graduate of Saddle Brook High School. Frank earned a B.A. in 1970 from Pennsylvania State University where he studied Russian and print journalism. His early career began in the general press as a news reporter and feature writer for local NJ and NY newspapers. From 1975 until 2007, Frank spent his long and rewarding career as a journalist in the technology and business industry reporting, writing, and editing for newspaper, newsletter, monthly magazine, and daily website news and feature publishers. Although his initial work focused on consumer electronics and semiconductors, his long-term specialty became covering the domestic and international voice telecommunications and computer/data networks for publications such as Electronic News, Probe Research, Business Communications Review, and Access Intel's Telecom Web. He also worked as a freelance journalist writing for publishing companies and research analysis groups until his retirement in 2010.
Frank was an esteemed colleague of many in his field, as well as a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Frank is survived by his wife Rena of 44 years, son Paul and his wife Erica, daughter Michelle, daughter Lisa and her husband Kevin, grandchildren Thomas and Annabella, sister Christine, and predeceased by brother Michael.
Viewing will be held on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Gaita Memorial Home, 154 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Little Falls, NJ from 5 pm-8pm. Funeral Services will be held March 10, 2023 at Our Lady of the Holy Angels Church, 473 Main Street, Little Falls, NJ at 9:30 am. Please meet directly at church. Burial will follow at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totowa, NJ.