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John F Frattarola was born on April 11, 1917, in New York to Giuditta Frattarola, age 29, and Luigi Frattarola, age 33. He was raised and educated in Port Chester.
John was married to Rose Siclare in May of 1940 in Port Chester. They had two children during their marriage. In Rye they lived at 134 Maple Avenue. Before the war he was working at First National Stores in White Plains and as an auxiliary policeman in Rye.
 John enlisted June 3, 1943 and served in the United States Army during World War II. He was in the Pacific Theater and rose to the rank of sergeant. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star and was honorably discharged January 15, 1946.
 He began his career with the police department as an auxiliary policeman 1941; was appointed a patrolman on the regular police force in 1951; and promoted to detective in 1965.
He was member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 7550, of Rye City; the Westchester Police Benevolent Association: and the Westchester County Detective Association. He was a first aid instructor training the Rye Aux police.
John retired as a police detective for the City of Rye Police Department in 1977 after 22 years of service. He was a parishioner of the Corpus Christi Church in Port Chester, past president of the Port Chester Old Timers Association, charter member of the Rye VFW, former member of the Rye Golf Club, and a member of the Rye PBA.
John F. Frattarola, age 91, died July 27, 2008.
At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife Rose Frattarola of Port Chester, son Louis Frattarola of Ossining, NY, daughter Judith Karpinski of Port Chester, brothers Zopito Frattarola of Port Chester, and William Frattarola of Greenwich CT and sisters Lena McDonald of Port Chester, Elizabeth Cecio of Greenwich, CT, Flo Piro of Port Chester, grandchildren Patricia Hopkins and Michael Frattarola and great-grandchildren Maggie Frattarola, Christopher Hopkins and Allison Hopkins.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held July 30, 2008 at Corpus Christi Church. Entombment followed at St. Mary's Cemetery, Rye Brook, NY.
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