Chase Alumni Association

 

 

Frank A. Di Napoli, a resident of West Caldwell, NJ, died on December 29, 2024, from complications of several long illnesses. He was 91.

 

Born in Queens, NY, Di Napoli grew up in Brooklyn, where he was a star on the varsity baseball team at Grover Cleveland High School. He graduated from Pace University and earned an MBA from Columbia University. 
He served in the U.S. Army in Alaska during the Korean War.

 

Di Napoli spent 30 years at Chemical Bank, rising to Vice President and Operations Manager of the Trust and Investment Division.

 

Di Napoli also served as Senior Vice President and Deputy Divisional Officer of Financial Services at First Jersey National Bank. He served on many committees during his career, including Chairman of First Jersey Bank Administration Investments and Chairman of the NJ Bankers Association. He was also a member of the NJ Human Resources Association and the National Association of Personnel Services.

 

His early volunteer work included being Vice Commander of the Catholic War Veterans in Queens and teaching business skills to high school children in the Junior Achievement Program.

 

After his financial services career, Di Napoli founded FLEX Resources, Inc., a staffing support firm with offices in New Jersey.

 

Di Napoli ived in Manalapan, NJ for 50 years with his late wife, Josephiné (nee Percoco).

 

Survivors include a son and daughter and many nieces and nephews.

 

The Visitation will be held Thursday January 2, 2024, from 1-4 pm at Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, NJ. The Funeral will be held Friday January 3, 2024, at 9:45 am at the funeral home followed by a 10:15 am Funeral Mass at St Francis Assisi Cathedral, 32 Elm Ave., Metuchen, NJ.

 

Donations may be made to The Leukemia And Lymphoma Society or to Breakthrough T1D (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund).