Beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather
Alphonse (Al) C. Ratté passed away on June 28, 2021 at home in Londonderry surrounded by his loving family.
Born in Brattleboro, VT on November 22, 1934. He was the son of the late Alphonse and Elizabeth Ratté. Al grew up in Brattleboro, VT and was a long-time resident of Hudson, NH, Gilford NH, and then in 2018 he moved to Londonderry, NH. He attended Wentworth Institute in Boston MA, and the University of Vermont in Burlington VT, graduating with a BS Electrical Engineering and an ROTC Commission in the US Army. He served 26 months on active duty in the US Army Security Agency Training Center & School at Fort Devens, MA. Al started his primary career, employed by General Electric, in Syracuse NY and then Sanders Associates in Nashua NH. In retirement he was employed, part time by Hannaford Brothers Supermarket in Gilford, NH.
Al had a love for all things in nature. He enjoyed bird watching, hiking, fishing, kayaking, golfing, skiing down Tuckerman, games of croquet, and the beloved Ratté family camping trips every summer. Quick-witted, and incredibly wise, Al always had a riddle to recite or joke to tell. He even had his grandchildren convinced that candy could grow on trees (a favorite pastime of theirs to harvest a treat when visiting him in Gilford).
He was faithful to his morning routine of coffee and a muffin, and in the afternoons he loved to watch the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots, as well as enjoy his favorite treats: mint chocolate chip ice cream, cookies, and Beefeater martini’s, with two olives.
Al also grew to love his “second family” of wonderful home health aides and VNA nurses. He won the hearts of all who knew him because of his warm presence, welcoming smile, and kind words.
Besides his loving parents, Al was predeceased by his wife Anita (Wilson) Ratté of Gilford, NH; his brothers Richard Ratté of Brattleboro VT, Charles Ratté of Saxtons River VT, Edward Ratté of Mineola, NY, sister Dorothy (Ratté) Lyman of Alstead NH, and his step-son John Wilson of Mt Pleasant, SC. He was survived by; his sister Joann (Ratté) DelColliano of Asheville, NC, his children Renee Ratté and her husband Tom Frantz of Andover, NH, son Scott Ratté and his wife Darleen (Aubrey) Ratté of Derry, NH, daughter Denise (Ratté) Garcia and husband David of Dover, NH, son Craig Ratté and his wife Karyn (Niemela) of Nashua, NH, step daughter Debbie (Wilson) Miller and her husband Bill of Dubuque, IA, and step son Jeff Wilson of Mt. Pleasant, SC, and by his former wife, Vilma Ratté of Newburyport, MA. Grandchildren: Ryan Ratté, Matthew Ratté and his wife Elizabeth, Andrew Janowicz and his wife Kristina, Hannah (Frantz) Goumas and her husband Kevin, Caleb Frantz, Morgan Ratté, Marisa Ratté, Oscar Garcia, Carlos Garcia, Gabriel Miller, Natalie Miller, and two great granddaughters Penelope Ratté and Poppy Ratté
Following cremation, calling hours will be held on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes & Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Rd., Londonderry, NH. The burial will be held privately in NH State Veterans Cemetery, 110 Daniel Webster Hwy., Boscawen, NH.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to support one of his passions.
https://www.nhaudubon.org/donate/make-a-donation/
https://londonderrytrails.org/make-a-donation/