Wethersfield Obituary: Loretta Fuggetta, 92

Loretta (Pagliaro) Fuggetta celebrated her 92nd birthday on June 10, 2016. On June 13th, God needed another angel in heaven and took her by her hand to join her son, Frank Fuggetta, her father and mother, Alfred and Adeline Pagliaro, her sister, Edith Slishman and her brother, Victor Pagliaro. 

Born in Boston, MA, Loretta lived most of her life in East Hartford and Wethersfield. She retired from the State of Connecticut, working with then State Comptroller Nancy Wyman. 

She leaves behind her cherished husband of 70 years, Angelo Fuggetta; brother, James Pagliaro of Quincy, MA; her adoring children, Elaine Esten of Manchester, Nancy Fuggetta of Manchester, Robert Fuggetta and wife Debbie of Livermore, CA, Janet and retired U.S. Marine Corps Sargent Major Charles Tucker of Hampstead, NC, with whom she and husband Angelo made their home, and Angela Fuggetta and wife Chasity Hotaling of Newington; cherished grandchildren, Brian Majewski and partner Liz Doll of Manchester, Joshua Majewski and partner Simone Mangano of Brooklyn, NY, Vanessa Jennings of Miami, FL, Gregory Esten of Plainville, Captain U.S. Marine Corps Christopher Tucker and wife Shannon of Oceanside, CA, Elizabeth Tucker of Hampstead, NC, Kyle Tucker of San Francisco, CA, Cara Fuggetta of San Francisco, CA and Maryann Fuggetta of West Haven and loving great-grandchildren, Monica Rose, Kinsley, Kayson and Beatrice Loretta. 

We will miss her kind and gentle spirit, her loving smile and her long talks and hugs when we needed them. She taught us good manners, respect for others, patience and nurtured our belief in God. She was the best Italian cook and baker. Everything was homemade including pizelles, Easter bread, eggplant parmesan, pizza and her “famous” meatballs. There was always room for one more at her table. She was the greatest wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother we could ever ask for. 

“All that I am, or hope to be, 
I owe to my angel mother.” 
(Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865).

D’Esopo Funeral Chapel of Wethersfield is in charge of arrangements. There are no calling hours. Graveside services will be on Thursday, June 16th at 11 a.m. at Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery, 1 Cottage Grove Rd., Bloomfield, CT 06002 (Section O). To share a memory of Loretta with her family, please visit www.desopo.com.