RTO Mourns N Train Conductor Frank Lee, 64

Heartbreaking losses continued in Rapid Transit Operations with the passing on April 16 of Conductor Frank Lee, who had 22 years of service. Brother Lee’s wife, Wai, said that Brother Lee had been sick for about a week before transit sent him home to his Bay Ridge residence on March 30 with a fever. “I isolated him, but things got worse,” she said. She called 9/11 and he was hospitalized at NYU Lutheran in Brooklyn, but never recovered.

Wai and Frank had been married for 40 years and had two children, Michael, a CPA, and Katherine, a businesswoman in finance. Frank was born in Manhattan, and Wai was from Brooklyn. They met outside of school in 1979 through mutual friends. Brother Lee also leaves a son in law, Andrew. Wai Lee said that “he was about to retire. He loved his colleagues, and he loved his job. That was the problem.”

Jesse Arguetta, Recording Secretary, Conductor-Towers, said, “He was an incredibly nice guy who just returned to work at the beginning of the year. A loss that hits hard because I spoke to him a few times after and he was excited to be coming back.”

RTO VP Eric Loegel said, “We are deeply saddened by Brother Lee’s loss. He was a great guy and well liked by everyone. His Brothers and Sisters won’t forget him. I offer my deepest condolences to Brother Lee’s loved ones. May he Rest in Peace.