WOODSTOCK — Cataldo E. Tuminelli, of Woodstock, known to many as “Ky”, died May 28, 2021. Ky was born in Nov. 24, 1927, in Pittston, Penn., to the late Pauline Rizzo and Giuseppe Tuminelli. He married Grace Guarnieri on April 11, 1953.
After graduating from Pittston High School, he served in the U.S.  Navy for four years.  
Ky went on to work for Bright’s Construction Company where he was a bricklayer until he retired.
He then became a bricklayer instructor at Job Core. After retiring from there, he and his wife Grace moved to Woodstock where he lived for 19 years.
He leaves his wife Grace of 68 years; his son, Joseph Tuminelli of Woodstock; his daughter, Monica Kingeter (David) of Woodstock; his grandchildren, Joby Tuminelli of Hughestown, Penn., Natalie MacVarish (John) of Wellesley, Mass., Blake Kingeter and his fiancée Haley McWaters of Boxborough, Mass.; his great grandchildren, Kolby Tuminelli, Julia and John MacVarish. He was predeceased by his parents and sisters Mary, Theresa, Sarah, Sue and Esther.
The Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be at noon June 2 in Most Holy Trinity Church, Pomfret, with burial at Quassett Cemetery. Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St, Putnam.

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