WATERBURY- Thomas Michael “Rocky” Horan, 82, of Waterbury, died at his home Friday, November 24th, 2023.

Mr. Horan was born in Waterbury November 24th, 1941, son of the late Thomas J. and Annie (Perugini) Horan. He was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier Grammar  School and Sacred Heart High School. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving during the Cuban Missile Crisis aboard the U.S.S. Dewey. He retired from Finast Supermarket in Watertown, where he worked as a clerk for 18 years. He was also the co-owner of Howard's Cafe in Waterbury for 39 years. He was a parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Church. He was a member of the V.F.W. and the American Legion in Waterbury.

Thomas leaves his brother and sister in law Timothy and Judith Horan of Waterbury; nephews Daniel Horan and his partner Tarlea Leffler, Kerry Horan and Timothy Horan and his wife Debra Evon.

ARRANGEMENTS- Funeral will leave Naugatuck Valley Memorial Fitzgerald Zembruski Funeral Home, 240 North Main Street, Naugatuck Thursday November 30th,  2023 at 10:00  A.M. for St. Francis Xavier Church in Waterbury for Mass at 10:30.  Burial will follow in Old Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury. Friends may visit with the family at the funeral home  from  9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Contributions: St. Francis Xavier Church, 625  Baldwin Street, Waterbury Ct. 06706. To send an online condolence please visit www.naugatuckvalleymemorial.com.