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Ranjan Pradip Bhatt
Ranjan Pradip Bhatt, of New Milford, CT, died on March 1st, 2018 at age 67, 2018 in Oranjestad, Aruba. She was born November 9th, 1950 in Mumbai, India, the daughter of Rameshchandra and Leela Pandya. After growing up in Mumbai, Ranjan graduated from the University of Bombay with a B.S. in Mathematics and then went on to earn a M.S. in Statistics from Memphis State University. She was married to Pradip Harilal Bhatt in Mumbai, India in 1974. After coming to the United States, Ranjan lived in Georgia, New Jersey, and Pennsylania before moving to New Milford, Connecticut in 1986, where she lived until her death.
A memorial service for Ranjan will be held on Saturday, March 17th at 1 p.m. at the Irfan Kathwari Honors House at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT.
Ranjan has two children, Preeti and Amish, to whom she has always been a boundless source of love, support, guidance, and joy. She strived unendingly to help them find and believe in their best potentials and her influence shines on very strongly in them. While she will be terribly missed, the many people who were fortunate enough to be part of her family and friends feel blessed for the many amazing years shared with her. In addition to being an extremely caring and supportive mother, Ranjan had a great sense of humor and brought smiles and laughter – not to mention a little humility if they got too carried away with themselves (specifically looking at Amish and his stories of his tennis prowess in his younger years here) – to those around her. She was also innumerable other things including a fantastic cook, a lover of movies, a sharp dresser, and an aspiring seamstress.
Ranjan had a long and successful career in data research and data analysis, working for a number of large companies, including Starwood Hotels and Resorts, CVS, and Scholastic Inc. She was most recently employed at Western Connecticut State University, a place that was especially dear to her due to the many friends she had there, up until her death. Her work was important to her and she felt extremely fortunate to have been a part of organizations of which she was proud and even prouder of some of the great colleagues she had the fortune of working with. This is evidenced by her consistent postponing of the retirement she assured us she was planning and, in the end, never did follow through on (as many of us suspected would be the case).
Ranjan very much enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends. Though she lived a full and accomplished life, Ranjan did face adversity, including nine years of living with breast cancer, which eventually led to her death. She faced this adversity with exemplary grace and resilience, a reflection of the beautiful ardor for life with which she always lived. This quality will undoubtedly continue to serve as a beacon to her children, nieces, nephews and all others who knew her well. Her family would like to say thank you to the Diebold Family Cancer Center at New Milford Hospital, where she was a patient and a friend, the staff of which provided her with extraordinary care.
Her husband, Pradip, passed away in 2014, so she should be seeing him soon. In addition to being survived by her two children, Ranjan is also survived by four siblings: Praful of Ahmedabad, India; Hemant of Ontario, California; Pramila of Bensalem, Pennsylvania; and Sheela of Mumbai, India. In addition, she has many other extended family members who very much adore her and she survives on in all of them.
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Allan Azary
March 23, 2018
I met Ranjan when I worked for CVS. Wonderful person and very proud of her children. My deepest sympathy to her family.
Betty Demjen
March 21, 2018
to all the loved ones Ranjan leaves behind: I wish that there were something I could do, or say, that would soften your sorrow. Ranjan was a very special human being. Her light shone even in the darkest of times.Her smile warmed your heart. She will live on in all of you. So sorry for your loss.
Carolann Harrus
March 16, 2018
I am very sorry to learn of Ranjan's death. We first met when she worked with my husband, Peter. She was always such a bright light whenever I saw her, and such a sweet, gentle lady.
My condolences to her family. May you be comforted in your loss by happy memories of time spent with Ranjan.
Carolyn Mueller
March 16, 2018
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