The beloved owner of Nasto's Ice Cream Co. passed away on Christmas Day. Frank Nasto Jr., 86, had become an icon in the Garden State for his sweet Italian specialties like spumoni, tortoni, and tartufo, a wide variety of ice creams, and fresh fruit sorbets. While it's a Newark sweet spot, the frozen confections ship nationally, a success made possible by Frank Jr. and his brother Alphonse.

Alphonse passed away in May at 92, making Frank's death seven months later the end of an era in Newark. "My father was a great man," Frank Nasto III said. "He dedicated his entire life to work and his family." Frank III now runs the shop with his brother D. They are the third generation to run Nasto's, still in its original location founded in 1939 by Frank Sr. and Angelina, who used recipes from their homeland in Nocera, Italy.