Charles S. Gay

Charles Gay passed away from heart failure and COVID-19 on December 27 ^th 2021.  He grew up in Wallingford and attended local schools and was a graduate of Lyman Hall High School.  While attending St. Lawrence University, he majored in English, with minors in history and psychology.  Having taken ROTC courses throughout college, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Reserve upon graduation.  Later that year, he was stationed at Fort Gordon, Georgia for a nine-week Signal Officer Basic Course, and then spent two years’ active duty stationed in Okinawa.  After returning home he was employed by Aetna Life Insurance Company for over twenty years.  The family moved to Southington in 1976.  After leaving Aetna, he was employed by the state of Connecticut Judicial Branch, serving in the clerk’s office of Hartford Superior Civil Court, retiring in 2009.

Surviving him are his son Michael of Temecula, California and his wife Nancy and his grandchildren Ethan and Jacob and a daughter, Deborah Holyst and several cousins, nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by his daughter Susan and by his wife Jean Egan Gay and his older brothers Roger and David Gay.

A memorial service and calling hours will be held on Saturday, January 22 ^nd 2022 from 11 AM to 1 PM at Erickson-Hansen Funeral Home, 411 So. Main St., New Britain.