Harley Otto Hugh Pretty
Harley Otto Hugh Pretty, 70, of Wallingford, formerly of Milford, husband of Ellen Shatkus Pretty for 49 years, died Jan. 25, at Masonicare in Wallingford.
Son of the late John and Wealthy Staufacher Pretty, he was born July 7, 1941 in Long Branch, N.J.
Mr. Pretty was a district manager for Shoprite and proprietor of Glennfood Shop Deli; prior to his retirement in 2006, he was the custodian for Platt Tech Vocational High School in Milford.
Mr. Pretty dedicated a good portion of his adult life to the Pyramid Shriners Foundation, where, as a Pryamid Recorder, he was responsible for the transportation unit for the Shriner Burn Hospital in Springfield, Mass. He was fondly known as “Hoppy the Klown” and won multiple awards throughout the East Coast, his family said. He also taught a class at Klown College in Massachusetts, passing on his love of making people smile and laugh.
In addition to being a member of the Pyramid Shriners #9 Klown Unit in Milford, he was a past master of the Cosmopolitan Lodge #125 in New Haven, and member of the Grotto Lodge, Ashlar 332 and the Wooster Lodge #79.
He was a diehard N.Y. Yankee fan. Harley will be mostly remembered for the love and devotion that he had for his children and grandchildren and he will be greatly missed, his family said.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his sons, Harley J. and his wife, Elisabeth of Hamden, John W. and his wife, Lori and Jeffrey J. and his wife, Veronica, all of Milford and Brian W. and his wife, Aine of North Haven; grandchildren, Jenny, Harley, Trevor, Aisling and Mairead and many other family and friends.
Services are Saturday, Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m., St. Mary’s Church, 70 Gulf St., Milford. Burial will be private. Visiting hours, Friday, Jan. 27, 4-8 p.m., Cody-White Funeral Home, 107 Broad St., Milford.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 513 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104; shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.
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