Franklin Peter Pfau, 83, of Long Branch, passed away Friday at Jersey Shore Rehab.

Frank, as he was known, was born and raised in Long Branch and was a graduate of Long Branch High School. After graduating high school, he worked at Circle Chevrolet,  AT&T and then was hired as a driver for the Monmouth County Highway Department where he would stay for 34 years until retirement.

During his younger years, he was an avid fisherman and hunter; he had an interest in locomotive trains, was a lifelong member of the Oliver Byron Firehouse and a member and church volunteer at the Asbury United Methodist Church, both of Long Branch.  He was a devoted son to his mother, Lillian Pfau, until her passing in the mid-70s especially, since his father, Charles Pfau, passed away in 1963.

Frank is predeceased by his brother, Charles F. Pfau, his sister, Lillian Magante, his Haldeman and Mockridge aunts and uncles, cousins, Sherry and Carol, and his long-time partner, Barbara Rogan.

Frank is survived by his sister-in-law, Loretta, Pfau, nephews, Charles Pfau, Peter Pfau and Mark Robe, and nieces, Sandra Robe, Debbie Pfau and Donna Pfau, as well as his cousins, Lisa Hall and Nancy Britton, and grandnieces and nephews.

Service will be held at Woolley-Boglioli Funeral Home, 10 Morrell Street, Long Branch on Friday, 10-12, with burial service immediately after at Woodbine Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, donations to a charity or local fire  house in his name would be appreciated.