Ronald A. Loati

BARRE CITY – Ronald A. Loati, (SFC VARNG Ret.) 80, of Prospect Street, Barre, passed away Saturday evening, December 12, 2015, at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin with all his family at his bedside.
He was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of the late Freeman and Esther (Clifford) Loati. He went to live at an early age with an Aunt and Uncle, Weston and Lena Hill of Berlin. He was born November 14, 1935 and had just celebrated his 80th birthday. On May 17, 1958, he married Delina Baratelli of Barre.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time at his Aunt and Uncle’s camp on Ricker Pond in Groton. Many summers were spent there camping in tents and lean-to’s with his family.
He was a member of the Vermont Army National Guard joining in 1954 and retired from there in 1995 after 41 years. He first worked for the State of Vermont and then began working as a civilian employee of the Army National Guard in 1959 and retired in 1996. He then delivered bread for his son in Northfield with his buddie “Sam”, his chocolate lab.
He was a life member of the National Grange, Montpelier American Legion Post #3, and The Mutuo, Inc. of Barre.
He leaves his wife, Delina, 0f 57 years. Five children, Mark and his wife, Tammy, of Barre Town, Glenn and his wife, Lori, of Northfield Falls, Sue King and husband, Bruce, of Milton, R. Peter and wife, Genevieve, of Lexington, MA and Beth Massie and husband, Scott, of Rutland. Ten grandchildren, Justin and wife, Bonka, Shaun, Kendra, Heather, Hannah, Jordon, Maryssa, Alayna, Renee, and Owen. Also, a sister, Regina Maynard and husband, Phil, of Montpelier.
He was predeceased by his parents, a brother, Richard, and a baby brother, Michael.
The Service to honor and celebrate Ron’s life will be held Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy Street, Barre.
Interment with full military honors to be accorded will be held at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center next Spring.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Central Vermont Home Health, 600 Granger Road, Barre, VT 05641 or Woodridge Nursing Home Resident Activities Fund, PO Box 550, Barre, VT 05641. The family would like to give special thanks to the care given him by Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice and to Woodridge Nursing Home and to Central Vermont Medical Center North.