Daniel E. LaFratta

Daniel E. LaFratta, 67, beloved husband of Jean E. (Berger) LaFratta, of Red Fox Lane, South Meriden, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at their residence.

Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, October 10, 1940, a son of the late Daniel and Marjorie (Bishop) LaFratta, he had been a South Meriden resident for 25 years. Daniel had served with the U. S. Army for 22 years and had served in Korea, Italy and Vietnam until his retirement in 1980. He was then employed with the L. F. Powers Company in Waterbury for 15 years until his retirement due to illness. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Stanley Budleski Post No. 9965 of the Yalesville section of Wallingford, the Meriden Rod & Gun Club, the Hamden Rod & Gun Club and the Wolcott Landowners Protective Association.

Bedsides his wife Jean, he is survived by his two daughters, Jeannine Creamer and her husband Tom of Sturbridge, MA and Barbara Kohlstrom and her husband Chip of Holden, MA; his son, Daniel E. LaFratta, Jr. of Worcester, MA; his grandchildren, Timothy LaFratta, Allison LaFratta, Daniel E. LaFratta, III, Alexandra LaFratta, Jessica Kohlstrom and Jillian Kohlstrom; his great granddaughter, Isabella Ringgard; his sister, Vivian Bissett of Stoughton, MA; his brother, James LaFratta of Carver, Ma and several nieces and nephews.

His family will receive relatives and friends in The Yalesville Funeral Home, 386 Main Street, Yalesville section of Wallingford, Friday, from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be Held in the funeral Home Saturday at 10 a.m. Interment, with military honors, will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Meriden. In lieu of flowers, gifts in his memory may be sent to the MidState VNA & Hospice, 1 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450.

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