Dear brother to Pasquale (Mary) Abate, Rosalie (Vince ) Falcone and the late Anne Marie Abate; Fond uncle of Lisa (Audy) Belvedere, Frank (Kimberly) Falcone, Vince Falcone, Julie (Michael) Cavender, Patrick (Natalie) Abate, Richard (Barbara Lopez) Abate and Anthony Abate. Great uncle of Sophia, Makayla, Domenic, Avery, Sean, Alyssa, Carmella, Lilly, Joseph and Gianna. Visitation Tuesday Jan. 10 from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral service 12 noon at Salerno’s Rosedale Chapels, 450 W. Lake St. Roselle. Interment Mt. Carmel Cemetery.