- Date Of Birth: August 20, 1939
- Date Of Death: February 27, 2010
- State: Connecticut
Walter “Walt” Joseph Bogoslofski, 70, of Portland, husband of Claudia (Charles) Bogoslofski for 42 years, passed away on Saturday, February 27th at Middlesex Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Walter Joseph and Nellie Helen (Oksys) Bogoslofski. After graduating Granby High School in 1957, Walt joined the U. S. Army where he served four years. Returning home from the Army, he joined the Roofers Union Local # 9, where he worked and traveled much of the East Coast and eventually made Florida his second home. Walt spent much of his later years in Florida fishing the gulf coast and enjoying family and friends. He always made time to come back to Connecticut where most of his family lives, and family is what Walt enjoyed most. Besides his wife, he is survived by two stepsons, Ernest Haney and his wife, Karen of Hudson, FL and Richard E. LeClaire of Portland; two stepdaughters, Linda Daniels and her husband, Craig of Portland and Theresa Smith and her husband, Brian of Middletown; a stepson-in-law, Joseph Campos of Portland; two brothers, John Bogoslofski and Richard Bogoslofski, both of Granby; a sister, Patricia Gidvilas of Windsor Locks; eleven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and close friends, Bing and Janice, Roy and Norma and many other friends he made in his travels. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his stepdaughter, Darlene Campos.
