He was born on November 18, 1942, in Beatrice, NE, the son of William L. and Anna C. (Sokolik) Vlcek.
He enlisted in the Navy in May 1961 upon his graduation from Wilber High School and entered the submarine service. Following his retirement from the Navy in 1983 at the rank of LCDR, he worked for Analysis and Technology, Tracor Applied Sciences, and DDL OMNI Engineering where he was the Vice President of the Engineering Services Division before his retirement in 2017.
He was an avid reader, a handyman who could fix anything, and a season ticket holder of the WNBA CT Sun and UCONN Women’s basketball teams.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Judith (Vara) Vlcek; his daughters Angela Davol and her husband, Roderick, Jr., of East Providence, RI, Judith Cloherty and her husband, James, of North Attleboro, MA, and Terri White and her husband, Jonathan, of East Lyme, CT; his grandchildren Michael, Jason and Samantha Davol, Matthew and Bryan Cloherty, and Rachel and Sarah White; his siblings, Willma Zavadil and her husband Dean of Lincoln, NE, and Lloyd Vlcek and his wife Sandy of Florida; and brother-in-law, Samuel Vara, Jr., of Niantic. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, John.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, April 22nd, at 11am in St. Agnes Church, 22 Haigh Ave., Niantic. Burial with military honors will follow in St. Mary Cemetery, New London.
The family would like to thank the staff at Hospice of Southeastern CT and the Lank Center at Dana Farber for the wonderful care they provided to Ralph. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his honor to Hospice of SECT, 227 Dunham Street, Norwich, CT 06360 or at www.hospicesect.org/donate.
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