Frances A. Kosinski, of Bethpage, formerly of Hicksville, died on October 2, 2007. Mother of Robert (Susan), Frances G, Helen Ligouri (Robert) and James Kosinski. Grandmother of six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Sister of Leocadia "Terry" Graboski. Companion of George Blochl, Sr. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass was held Oct. 5 at St. Martin of Tours RC Church with interment following at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury.

The members of the Levittown Volunteer Fire Department are mourning the loss of honorary chief and charter member Frank L. Johnson, 87, who passed away recently after a brief illness. Frank moved to Levittown in 1949. Prior to that he served as a firefighter in the East Meadow Fire Department Co. 1 and the Hicksville Fire Department H&L Co. 1. He married Alice Schaefer, daughter of ex-Chief Charles Schaefer of the Hicksville Fire Department.

Frank was instrumental in the creation of the Levittown Fire Department, starting as a charter member of Engine Co. 2 and serving as its first 2nd lieutenant. With the formation of Ladder Co. 6 in 1962 at the nearby new fire station #3 on Wantagh Avenue, Frank became a charter member of Co. 6 and served there as lieutenant. During World War II, Frank served in the Army Air Corps. Frank was a retired employee of LILCO and served a total of 69 years as a firefighter.

A dedicated firefighter, Frank became a member of the department's Fire Police Squad when he could no longer perform the rigorous duties of a firefighter. Day and night Frank was on the scene of fires and car crashes, keeping onlookers at a safe distance and steering traffic away from firefighters working in the street.

Frank's three sons also serve as officers and firefighters; Bob in Hicksville, Ken in Syosset and Ronnie in Bethpage. Predeceased by his wife, Alice, Frank is also survived by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The flags at all three Levittown Fire Stations are at half-mast in honor of his service to the community and country. As his funeral procession passed by his station, #3 under the raised flag arch of two ladder trucks, the Levittown fire dispatchers alerted all members' radios that honorary chief and charter member Frank L. Johnson answered his final alarm.