Roland R. Hatter, 70, caretaker

Roland R. Hatter of Ridgefield, a retired caretaker, died on Saturday morning, Oct. 9, 2004, at Danbury Hospital. He was 70 years old and the husband of Ruth Colbert Hatter.

Mr. Hatter was born in Stamford, on Sept. 6, 1934, son of Earl and Delia Tillot Hatter. He attended Stamford schools and graduated from Stamford High School, where he was active in athletics and especially football.

A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean era, Mr. Hatter was a retired caretaker, working on private estates in Ridgefield, where he had lived for the past 33 years. He had earlier worked as a tree surgeon in Stamford.

Besides his wife of 47 years, Mr. Hatter is survived by two brothers: Ernest Hatter of Stamford and Charles Hatter of Ridgley, W.Va.; a sister, Annette Micheli of Darien; and several nieces and nephews.

Chaplain Kendall Palladino of Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut conducted services Wednesday in the Kane Funeral Home.

Interment was in Fairfield Memorial Park, Stamford.