Kenneth W. Mango

Kenneth W. Mango
Kenneth W. Mango, Esq. of Branford, Connecticut, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of July 8, 2025, just a few months following his 86th birthday. Born and raised in Meriden, Ken was the youngest of three children born to the late Nicholas and Concetta (Puglia) Mango. Ken graduated from Meriden High School in 1957 and earned his Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Connecticut in 1962 and his law degree with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1965.
Ken enjoyed a long and esteemed legal career, starting as a prosecutor in Connecticut's Circuit Courts and then building the law firm of Luby, Olson, Mango & Gaffney in Meriden, where he practiced law for more than 50 years. Throughout his long career, Ken always had a deep love for the law and for service to his many clients. Ken made his greatest and most profound contributions to the Meriden community through service to a variety of civic and economic organizations, including the Meriden YMCA, the Meriden Boys Club, the Meriden Economic Development Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the President's Council of the Veterans' Memorial Medical Center, and the Cuno Foundation's Distribution Committee for more than 35 years. Ken's greatest service was to his alma mater, UConn, as a faithful football and basketball fan, booster, and advocate working on behalf of the UConn Foundation.
Ken is survived by his wife of more than 64 years, Sandra (Franz); their daughter, Kim Thompson and her husband, Michael, of Redding, CT, and his two beloved grandchildren, Michael and Caroline; as well as by his sister, Laura (Mango) Crawford; his sister-in-law, his nephew, nieces and many cousins. In the last weeks of his life, his grandchildren were able to visit often and gave him great joy.
The family is most grateful for the loving care Ken received from his home healthcare aides in Branford and later the nurses and aides at Wilton Meadows, who eased him through the last weeks. While services will remain private to the family, Ken would have delighted in any contribution made in his memory to the University of Connecticut Foundation – Men's or Women's Basketball, 2390 Alumni Drive, Unit 3206, Storrs, CT 06269. For more on Ken's life or to leave a memory, please see his obituary on www.legacy.com .