Charlotte Varholak Obituary

Charlotte F. Varholak
Charlotte Ann (Feroleto) Varholak, age 89, longtime resident of Fairfield, CT, passed away on November 22, 2025, at Danbury Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of Lawrence N. Varholak, Sr., who predeceased her in 2020. Charlotte was born in Bridgeport, CT. on July 29, 1936, to the late Francis and Helen (Dounouk) Feroleto. She attended St. Ann School in Bridgeport and Academy of Our Lady of Mercy Lauralton Hall in Milford, where she was president of her senior class. Charlotte went on to attend University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, where she met her husband, Lawrence on a blind date at a school dance. They married in 1957 at St. Ann Church in Bridgeport and raised 5 children together. Charlotte was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and she was a very friendly, personable and generous person, who loved her family and friends dearly. In addition to caring for her family, she was an active PTA member at Osborne Hill School and was a member of Junior Women's League. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends going to the theater, playing Bridge, watching sports, vacationing in St. Maarten and spending summers at her home on the
Milford shoreline. Charlotte's surviving family include her devoted children: Lawrence N. Varholak, Jr., and his wife Laurie of Southbury, Beth Ellyn Oronzo and her husband John of North Haven, Cheryl Prisco and her husband Richard of Bakersville, NC, and Jonathan Varholak and his wife Joanna of Hingham, MA, 11 cherished grandchildren: Nicholas (Jessica), and Eric (Jennifer) Varholak, Lauren (Stephen) Tocco, Natalie (Jesse) Mattison, Anjelia Oronzo, Michael (Helen) and Sophia Prisco, Alexa, Ava, Jake and Jenna Varholak, 6 great-grandchildren: Kinsley, Avery, Demi, Luka, Ella, and Beyla, sister: Helen Sitar, sisters-in-law: Dorothy Macura, Mildred, Dee and Dorothy Varholak and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and her husband, Charlotte was predeceased by her son Matthew, grandchildren Nicole and Lawrence Varholak, sister: Marge Kiosse, brothers: Frank and Dr. George Feroleto. Visitation on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford, with a prayer service at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Trumbull. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Charlotte's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. For more information or to make an online condolence, please visit www.adzimafuneralhome.com