This is a printer-friendly version of an article from Zip06.com.

Ronald Duane Lankton, retired NHPD, 79, of East Haven, died on July 29 at the St. Raphael Campus of Y-New Haven Hospital. He was the husband of Mary Rascati Lankton. He was born in Yonkers, New York, on Oct. 22, 1939, to the late John and Estelle Dubois Lankton.

Ronald was a proud veteran of the US Navy. After serving his country he would serve the City of New Haven as a police officer for 27 years, until retiring in 1991 as a superintendent. He also spent several years as a part of the Police Boat Squad. He loved the water, recreational boating, singing, and in his later years, going to the casino. He was a former member of the New Haven Emerald Society. Ron will always be remembered for his sense of humor, and joke and riddle telling.

Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Laurence Girardi of East Haven; and two daughters, Tori (Nicholas) Carrano of East Haven and Camille (Louis) Laudano of New Haven. He is also survived by a sister, Pamela (William) Flannery of Collierville, Tennessee; eleven grandchildren, Nicholas and Ava Carrano, Nicole, Christina, Michelle and Louis, Jr., Laudano, Joseph, John, Jr., Michael, and Joseph and Heather Girardi; as well as 10 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two sons, John V. and Michael Girardi, and a brother, John D. Lankton, Jr.

A Funeral Service was held on Aug. 3 at the East Haven Memorial Longobardi–Brennan Funeral Home, 425 Main St., East Haven, 203-467-1708. Burial with full military honors took place in St. John Cemetery, Wallingford. Friends called on Aug. 2. Please visit Ron’s memorial page at easthavenmemorial.com and sign his guest book.