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Eugene J. Frione, 89, of North Haven passed away peacefully on Sept. 13 at the Yale-New Haven Hospital/St. Raphael campus with his family by his side. He was the beloved husband of 65 years to Veronica Sikorski Frione. Eugene was born in New Haven on Feb. 29, 1928, the son of the late Felice and Elizabeth Mammolite Frione.

He served his country faithfully in the US Navy during WWII and was stationed on the USS Helena in Pearl Harbor and later in Japan and Shanghai. He was a member of St. Francis Church, where he attended Mass every Saturday for the past 50 years. Eugene worked for the former Foxon Concrete, later for Suzio Concrete, where he was still an active employee. Eugene was a facet in his North Haven neighborhood of Cindy Lane and will be greatly missed by his neighbors of more than 50 years. Eugene will be remembered by his friends and family for his competitive nature with the game of pinochle, his never-ending energy when it came to yard work, his immense love of red wine, and most important his favorite sports teams, the Yankees, and UConn women’s and Villanova men’s basketball.

Eugene will be remembered most of all for the unconditional love he had for his family. He was the loving father of Rhonda (Albert) Manware and Elizabeth (Hans) Strilbyckij; the grandfather of Kelly Marshall (Gerry) Celano and Erica Ann Strilbyckij; and the great-grandfather of Elle Celano. He was the brother of Amelia Troiano, Genevieve Wall DeMarseilles, and the late Angelo and John Frione. Special considerations to his extended family whom he adored, the Manware, Strilbyckij, Cardinale, and Scarpa families.

His funeral procession left the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Ave., Sept. 18. Family and friends called before the procession. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated in St. Therese Church. Interment with full military honors followed in All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929, or to the Wounded Warrior Project, https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/. For an online obituary, visit www.northhavenfuneral.com.