Emilia Balogach, age 86, of Stratford died Saturday, September 29, 2007 in Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Shenandoah, PA and has been a life long area resident. Emilia was retired from Grand Way where she was a sales clerk. She was very active as a volunteer for the Kennedy Center and the Ella Grasso Center and with Our Lady of Grace Church with the Bingo and Travel clubs. Survivors include her beloved husband Joseph Balogach; 2 daughters Joyce Cassetti and her husband Joseph of Ansonia and Melanie Plassman of Bridgeport; 3 grandchildren Star Gibson, Jill Hayden and Douglas Gritman; a great granddaughter Jacquelyn Rose Gibson. Her grandson Robert Hayden predeceased her. Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 11:30 am in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 12 noon in Our Lady of Grace Church Stratford with a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will take place in St. John's Cemetery Stratford. Friend may call on Tuesday from 10:00 am –11:30 am.