AT THE O'NEILL FUNERAL HOME
Claudette G. (Hamelin) Zapatka age 65, the beloved wife of Ronald Zapatka of Oakville, formerly of Naugatuck passed away peacefully January 16 after a long illness.
Claudette was born in 1943 in Waterbury, a daughter of Madeleine (LaPerriere) Hamelin and the late Alcide Hamelin and lived in Naugatuck for many years before moving to Oakville in 1982. She was a graduate of Saint Anne's Grammar School and Waterbury Catholic High School. Prior to her retirement in 2003, she worked at Health Complex in Watertown. Claudette also worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Haven, and was a teller and safe deposit supervisor at the former Bank Boston and Colonial Bank and Trust. She was a communicant of Saint Mary Magdalen Church. In past years, Claudette was also a volunteer with Hospice and at Lifeline. Her hobbies included traveling and reading, but her greatest joy came from spending time with her five grandchildren.
Besides her husband of 46 years of Oakville and mother of Waterbury, she leaves her children and grandchildren Deborah Ungvary, wife of the late Stephen Ungvary of Seymour and her children Nichole and Stephen, Donna Hall and her husband Don of Naugatuck and their children Kimberley and Alec, Ronald J. Zapatka and his wife Sarah of Oakville and their son Devon; two sisters Vivien Hamelin of North Palm Beach, FL, Denise Alden of Prospect, two brothers in law Frank Zapatka and his wife Jane, Eugene Zapatka and his wife Mary, an uncle Roger Hamelin of North Carolina, an aunt Marguerite Brodeur of Canada, a niece and a nephew.
Funeral Wednesday January 21 at 9 a.m. at Saint Mary Magdalen Church. Friends and family are asked to meet directly at church. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Watertown. Friends may call at the O'Neill Funeral Home, 742 Main Street Oakville on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Blvd., Ste. 1010, Rockville, MD 20852 or Saint Jude's Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50 Memphis TN 38101-9929. For more information, to light a memorial candle or to send an online condolence kindly visit www.oneillfuneralhome.com .
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Claudette G. (Hamelin) Zapatka age 65, the beloved wife of Ronald Zapatka of Oakville, formerly of Naugatuck passed away peacefully January 16 after a long illness.
Claudette was born in 1943 in Waterbury, a daughter of Madeleine (LaPerriere) Hamelin and the late Alcide Hamelin and lived in Naugatuck for many years before moving to Oakville in 1982. She was a graduate of Saint Anne's Grammar School and Waterbury Catholic High School. Prior to her retirement in 2003, she worked at Health Complex in Watertown. Claudette also worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Haven, and was a teller and safe deposit supervisor at the former Bank Boston and Colonial Bank and Trust. She was a communicant of Saint Mary Magdalen Church. In past years, Claudette was also a volunteer with Hospice and at Lifeline. Her hobbies included traveling and reading, but her greatest joy came from spending time with her five grandchildren.
Besides her husband of 46 years of Oakville and mother of Waterbury, she leaves her children and grandchildren Deborah Ungvary, wife of the late Stephen Ungvary of Seymour and her children Nichole and Stephen, Donna Hall and her husband Don of Naugatuck and their children Kimberley and Alec, Ronald J. Zapatka and his wife Sarah of Oakville and their son Devon; two sisters Vivien Hamelin of North Palm Beach, FL, Denise Alden of Prospect, two brothers in law Frank Zapatka and his wife Jane, Eugene Zapatka and his wife Mary, an uncle Roger Hamelin of North Carolina, an aunt Marguerite Brodeur of Canada, a niece and a nephew.
Funeral Wednesday January 21 at 9 a.m. at Saint Mary Magdalen Church. Friends and family are asked to meet directly at church. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Watertown. Friends may call at the O'Neill Funeral Home, 742 Main Street Oakville on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Blvd., Ste. 1010, Rockville, MD 20852 or Saint Jude's Children's Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50 Memphis TN 38101-9929. For more information, to light a memorial candle or to send an online condolence kindly visit www.oneillfuneralhome.com .
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