Staff. "More than 1,000 hear four governors praise Bob Franks, mentor and friend, at cathedral", Echoes-Sentinel, April 23, 2010. Accessed October 21, 2015. "Former U.S. Rep. Bob Franks of Warren Township, who had died eight days earlier of cancer at the age of 58, was remembered on Saturday, April 17, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Newark, in a 75-minute memorial attended by more than 1,000 people."
Pizarro, Max. "New Jersey bids farewell to a beloved native son: Bob Franks (1951-2010)", The New York Observer, April 17, 2010. Accessed October 14, 2018. "Kean's eulogy took the crowd back to Mr. Franks's early days in politics, when he graduated from Summit High School and went to work for the future governor – a 'pied piper,' who brought other young people with him to help the campaign, motivated by Mr. Franks's enthusiasm for the cause."
