Background
Frank August Benardella, born on July 5, 1932 in Englewood, New Jersey, passed away on January 30, 2010 at his home in Millstone Township. Frank graduated from Tenafly High School and received his BBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Frank served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was honorably discharged in 1952. Frank retired from Goody Products (Newell/Rubbermaid)as a Senior Vice-President in 1993, and devoted his time to his lifelong passion of growing, exhibiting and hybridizing roses. Frank served many offices of national, district and local rose societies, and was a past-president of the American Rose Society. Miniature roses hybridized by Frank brought him national and international acclaim.
