Frank Louis Aidala

natural causes in the early morning of October 29, 2021 with family members by his side.

Mr. Aidala is survived by a sister and brother; four children; two daughters-in-law; and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife and mother of his children, Jean Carter Aidala and son, Darrell

Joseph Aidala.

Frank led an interesting life that was geographically and occupationally diverse. Born in New

York City, he joined the U.S. Navy when he was 17 and served in Naval Ordnance at the

Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland. While in the service, he met and married Jean

Marie Carter from Magnolia, Arkansas in New York City on June 26, 1945. Their first child,

Dwain was born in 1947. Frank and family shortly thereafter moved from Maryland to Casper,

Wyoming, where he worked in several trades, including Neon Sign making before becoming a

Pipefitter at the local Texaco Refinery.

Frank, Jean and Dwain moved to New Jersey in 1955. From 1955 to 1959, Frank and family

lived in New Jersey; Memphis, Tennessee; and Brooklyn, New York, before landing in Mystic,

Connecticut. During that time, Frank worked as a used car salesman, a Fuller Brush salesman

and became a hairstylist before returning to the pipefitter trade at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn.

While in Connecticut, Frank and Jean raised four additional children, Darrell, Laurie, Dana and

Lisa in Stonington and Ledyard. Frank retired from Electric Boat in 1978 and took up hobbies

that included collecting historic gun replicas and Jim Beam whisky bottles. In spring of 1981

Frank and Jean moved to Lake Placid, Florida where Frank continued his hobbies and became

very active again in the local Elk Lodge.

In 2016 Frank moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to be near family. He subsequently moved to

Charlotte, North Carolina in 2019, where he resided at his death.