Joyce (Gammy) B. Forlastro, 85, of Newtown passed away peacefully on September 4, 2017, surrounded by her family. Joyce was born in Westport, daughter of the late Ernest and Ida (Moore) Baker. Happiness was the theme for Gammy’s life. She wanted a home filled with laughter and love, so she filled it with kids and pets. Weary of reading obituaries noting someone’s courageous battle with death, Gammy wanted it known that she died as a result of being stubborn, refusing to follow doctors’ orders and that she will do things her way. She decided her work was done here. Her new mission takes her to a wonderful place where she will be reading, dancing and gardening to her heart’s content; where music, laughter and love will be guaranteed. She left detailed instructions for her children to celebrate her mission. If you want you can look for her with the earliest spring flowers or the late fall blooms. You’ll know she’ll be there in one form or another. Of course that will probably comfort some while antagonizing others, but that’s what she did. “So in the end, do not be sad she is gone; instead be happy that she was here, as she loves you, forever.” She is survived by her 7 children: Catherine Lafferty Schupack and husband Mark of Southbury, CT; Beverly Lafferty Brown and husband Craig of Inkom , ID; Warren C. Lafferty, Jr. and wife Debbie of , Canterbury, NH; Wendy Lafferty Hennessey and husband Patrick of LakeBay, WA; Tammy Lafferty Kearns and husband Daniel of Newtown, CT; Kevin Lafferty and Valerie of Decorah, IA, and Brien Lafferty and wife Paula of Hudson, NH. She leaves behind her brother Carl Baker of NV. She is also survived by her many grandchildren and great grandchildren, too numerous to list but not forgotten. She is predeceased by her granddaughter Shannon Stratton and her great granddaughter Lauryn Lafferty Bozek. The family will receive friends at the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown on Friday September 8, 2017, 5pm-7pm. A Service will be celebrated at the Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street , Newtown, CT, Saturday September 9, 2017, 10:00am. Interment will follow in Newtown Village Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lutheran Home of Southbury, 990 Main Street North, Southbury, Ct. 06488. To leave an online condolence visit www.honanfh.com

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