Harold Joseph "Hap" Rocketto

A wonderful and caring individual! Hap perfect name as he always wore a smile and had a joke! Missed by all who knew him!! Bill Donovan

He was a GREAT! teacher!

It's hard to believe a year and a half has gone by since Hap's passing. Because he was in my high school class, I still remember him as an awkward but lovable teenager, using humor to lighten the day and cut through the teenage angst we all experienced. He was the first person to tell me that President Kennedy was shot on November 22, 1963, so on that day I always remember him as well as JFK.

I followed Hap at a few stages of my life, First in 1975 as an impressionable Boy Scout on the shooting range at Lake Of Isles, I was impressed by his professionalism and mentoring. I returned to run that same range in 1977 and 1978. In 1982 I joined the Connecticut National Guard and joined Hap on the Guard rifle team. I attribute my 43 years as an instructor, to Hap, and use his mentoring to me to pay forward to others.

My most sincere condolences to the Rocketto family. I had the honor and the pleasure to oft times be in the company of "Hap" while I served on the CT Army Nat'l Guard Pistol Team. A wonderful man to say the least.

Margaret and family: it was a joy to know Hap and be part of his shooting fraternity. We will miss him and his ever joyous nature.

My sympathies to the Rocketto family. We have lost a true scholar. He was my science teacher at S.E. Tech and a true inspiration to his students and it was a treat to be in his class. Godspeed Hap! Oh...Thank You!

One great teacher!

The Club has lost a True Gentleman. He was editor of our monthly newsletter and served right to the end. Gonna miss his humor about my column. Rest In Peace Hap