Frank James Liotta, 76, of Monmouth Beach, died on Sunday, August 24th at his home. He was best known as Jim or Jimmy by his friends and family.

Jim was a 1966 graduate of Long Branch High School. He earned a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Lawrence University. Following college, Jim served his country honorably in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, where he was awarded the Bronze Star.

After being honorably discharged, he began his career in technology as COBOL programmer for Chubb and Son Co. Following Chubb, Jim went on to EAI in West Long Branch, where he was a Scientific Programmer. At EAI, he met his wife, Mary Anne and was granted a patent in software development. He later served several companies in the same capacity before changing career paths to executive sales. He retired at the age of 58.

Jim enjoyed playing tennis with friends. In his youth, he spent days backpacking with his brother and friends. He loved playing games, including hearts, bridge, and Scrabble. He would spend hours on his boat, catching crabs in the Shrewsbury River.

Jim loved living near the beach and taking walks around town. He and his wife Mary Anne enjoyed hosting dinner parties at their home. They also enjoyed traveling the world and got to see Europe, Asia and even Australia.

Surviving is his wife, Mary Anne O’Halloran Liotta; their sons and daughters-in-law, Alex Liotta and Zia and Chris Liotta and Alexandra Loprete; his siblings, Alice Preville, Ricky Liotta and Ellen Kelly.

Memorial gathering Thursday, September 4th, 5 pm until the time of the celebration of life at 7 pm. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Parkinson’s Foundation: parkinson.org.