OBIT: Tally (Vitalya) Sepot, 19, of Branford

Tally (Vitalya) Sepot, 19, went home to the Lord on September 27, 2015 as the result of a car accident in Charlestown, PA. Tally was part of a student group traveling from a Penn State University charity event for children with cancer.

Daughter of Joe and Claudia Sepot she was born in New Haven on June 23, 1996. She was a very active student from her earliest days and was an avid swimmer and tennis player throughout her life. She was Captain of her tennis team in high school. Tally spent a summer in South America performing humanitarian service where she helped in the building of a school in Ecuador.

She was a loved student at Pennsylvania State University where she was studying graphic design. At Penn State, a place Tally truly loved, she was engaged in multiple charity organizations and was a celebrated member of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.

Tally was and will continue to be the sunshine of many lives. She was a patient and loving person with a passion for life and lived every day to the fullest inspiring others to do as so as well. She was especially close with her family and enjoyed spending time with them at home.

She felt a connection with the water and the sun and loved her summers in Branford, especially with the children she cared for as a young adult.

Besides her parents she leaves her sister Nicole Letsinger, her brother Sam, her paternal grandparents Joseph and Joan Sepot of Fairfield, CT and many aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and members of the Pine Orchard Community who will cherish her memory. She was predeceased by her maternal grandmother, Vitalya Pusvaskis.

Friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Therese Church, Leetes Island Road, Branford, Friday at 10 AM. Burial will follow in St. Agnes Cemetery, Branford. Friends may call at the Keenan Funeral Home, 330 Notch Hill Road (Rte. 22 at Rte. 80), North Branford on Thursday from 4 to 8 PM.

In lieu of flowers those wishing to do so, may make donations to: THON, or Penn State IFC/PanHellenic Dance Marathon, with indication that the gift is in memory of Tally Sepot, and sent to our office at the following address: THON 227D HUB University Park, PA 16802 Additionally there will be a Vigil at Branford High School on Wednesday evening at 8 PM. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Tally’s beautiful and amazing life. www.keenanfuneralhome.com.