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Robert Shortt

September 13, 1923 — January 11, 2013

Robert Shortt

Robert F. Shortt
Navy vet, Uniroyal retiree

NAUGATUCK - Mr. Robert Francis Shortt, age 89, of Naugatuck, died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Saint Mary's Hospital. He was the husband for 62 years of Dorothy M. (Perro) Shortt.

Mr. Shortt was born in Waterbury on Sept. 13, 1923, a son of the late John and Elizabeth (Hazel) Shortt. He attended Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., and after leaving school to serve in the U. S. Navy during World War II, returned to finish his education and graduated from Boston College. He retired from the Uniroyal Inc. Chemical Division in Naugatuck where he worked in management for 37 years.

He was a communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Naugatuck and was very active coaching baseball with the Peter J. Foley Little League in Naugatuck from 1958 to 1970. Mr. Shortt enjoyed spending time with his family, especially with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and never missed an opportunity to attend an event with them. His hobbies included traveling, reading and camping. He also loved animals and was an avid San Francisco Giants and New York Giants fan.

Besides his wife, Mr. Shortt is survived by two daughters, Mary Stevenson and her husband, Matthew Stevenson III, of Thomaston and Patricia Ceritello and her husband, Kevin, of Bristol; three sons, Raymond Shortt and his wife, Dolores, of Middlebury, Thomas Shortt and his wife, Kathy, of Garner, N.Y., and Robert Shortt Jr. and his wife, Linda, of Milford; 11 grandchildren, Matthew IV, Michelle, Marissa, Amanda, Katia, Ryan, Dylan, Kevin, Brian, Danny and Jennifer; three great-grandchildren, Taylor, Samantha and Grayson, and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. from the Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Ave., Naugatuck, to St. Francis of Assisi Church, 318 Church St., Naugatuck, for a Mass at 11 a.m. Burial will be in St. James Cemetery in Naugatuck. Calling hour will be held on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492.
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