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Former press secretary Frank Rosario passes away
Surrounded by family members, former press secretary Frank Del Rosario peacefully passed away yesterday at 11:55am at the Commonwealth Health Center where he had been on life support in the last few days. He was 63.
Rosario was supposed to celebrate his birthday on Saturday, July 19.
Frank Del Rosario
There will be a daily Mass starting today at St. Jude Parish at 6pm, followed by rosary. The family is still finalizing details of Rosario’s interment.
According to his brother, Saipan Tribune columnist John DelRosario, Frank Rosario had a major stroke in 2009 and had to undergo medical bypass in Honolulu, Hawaii. His condition was complicated by diabetes and had to go through dialysis due to renal failure.
John said that Frank’s children were by his side since last Saturday.
Frank Rosario was the press secretary of former governor Pedro “Teno” P. Tenorio and the late former governor Larry Guerrero.
Frank’s career as a journalist started in a radio station, moving on to the Micronesian News Network, becoming a staff writer for Pacific Daily News, and then being hired as a public information officer for Guerrero and Tenorio.
“He and I basically had the same career as the only two local journalists in our generation,” John DelRosario said.
Frank took up an extensive three-month course on the discipline of journalistic and news writing at the U.S. Department of Defense School of Journalism in Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis.
Catherine Perry of Integrity Communications said that she has always considered Frank to be her professional mentor.
“When he was my boss at the Office of the Governor’s Public Information and Protocol Office, he gave me confidence in my abilities as a communicator and problem solver,” Perry said. “And Frank always knew what was really going on, the history or intrigues behind every story.”
Perry said that Frank was an honest and loyal public servant through many administrations, “and to me, a dearly loved and respected friend.”
At the height of Frank’s career as a journalist, he covered major events for PDN on the Micronesian Constitutional Convention, Political Status Commission negotiations, Marianas Political Status Commission negotiations, and many more.
