Joan Ann Jasinski Cole, age 77, of Stratford, the widow of Joseph Robert Cole, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2011 in Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Joan, a retired employee of Warnaco in Bridgeport was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania to the late Bartley Jasinski and Helen Sayna Jasinski, of Derby and has been a long time Stratford resident, who was very active in St. Mark Church. Survivors in addition to her mother include her devoted son, Thomas Cole of Derby, a brother Ronald Jasinski and his wife Barbara of Danbury and a nephew Christopher Jasinski of Denver, CO. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 10:00 AM in St. Mark RC Church, 500 Wigwam Lane Stratford. Inurnment will take place in St. Michael Cemetery Stratford.